Delle antichità di Ercolano
Delle antichità di Ercolano is a mid-eighteenth-century Neapolitan folio of antiquities from Herculaneum, published in 1757 by the Royal Press in Naples under Ottavio Antonio Baiardi and Pasquale Carcani. The engraved plates show ancient statues and bronzes, with a few rotated sideways on the page, drawn in clean outline and light hatching. A designer could take from them the plain, measured figure poses and draped classical garments of Roman sculpture, useful for historical costume or figure studies.
