# The Excavation of an Obelisk from the Campo Marzo

- By: Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1749
- Medium: Etching
- Classification: Prints
- 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)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/359587)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP808477.jpg
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