Title: The Excavation of an Obelisk from the Campo Marzo
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1749
Artist:  Jean Barbault 
Artist bio: French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 13/16 in. (25.2 × 35.1 cm)
Plate: 7 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (19 × 28.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Obelisks, term: Men, term: Hieroglyphs, term: Rome