to be based on a likeness of the artist. As a painter, Barbault has never been well known, and has been described as a "minor talent." He is perhaps better known for his etchings, especially the two sets of prints he published, namely: Monuments de Rome ancienne and Rome Moderne, both published in folio form. He also made a few engravings, including The Martyrdom of St. Peter, after Subleyras, and The Arrival of Columbus in America, after Solimena. He died in Rome in 1762, at the age of 43 leaving a widow and three children. An exhibition of his work was held in Beauvais, touring to Angers, Valence and Dijon, in 1974–5; another, which included about half of his known paintings, was staged at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg in 2010. Work Barbault not only produced individual paintings, engravings and sketches, but he also worked as an illustrator and published two folios of etchings documenting iconic Roman monuments and antiquities. Publications Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore, Bouchard et Gravier, Rome, 1761 [Series of 128 engravings designed by Barbault with etchings by Jean Barbault, Carlo Nolli (1724–c. 1770) and Leonardo di Giovanni Pietro Bufalini (c. 1486–1552), doi:10.3931/e-rara-79835 (Digitized edition at E-rara). Les Plus Beaux Edifices de Rome Moderne, 1763 [Published posthumously] Painting and etching The Painter Clément in Turkish Costume, 1748, red chalk, private collection The Greek Sultana, 1748 Temple Priest, 1748 Neapolitan Herder and a Cow leaving a Cave, circa 1750, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg Ruins with Pyramids, 1754 Peasant Woman of Frascati, 1762, oil on canvas La Vénitienne, date unknown Self-portrait, date unknown, Cini collection, Venice Two small paintings of Roman Ruins, Museum Cerralbo, Madrid. Gallery See also List of Orientalist artists Orientalism References Further reading Dilke, Lady, French Engravers and Draughtsman of the 18th Century, George Bell, London, 1902 Sources 1718 births 1762 deaths 18th-century engravers French engravers 18th-century French painters French male painters Orientalist painters 18th-century French male artists