Jules César : statue antique en bronze : faisant partie de la collection de Mr de Montferrand
This 1849 folio by Auguste Ricard de Montferrand, printed in Saint Petersburg, documents an ancient bronze statue of Julius Caesar from his personal collection, aimed at scholars and collectors of classical antiquities. The plates are fine lithographic line drawings: a laureate head in profile, sandalled feet and full-length standing figures seen front and back, with a pair of Caesar coins showing Divus and Caesar in profile. A designer could take the clean, measured contour lines, the laurel-wreath profile and the classical sculptural poses as a model for restrained neoclassical line work.
