Ancient World, Fresco, Mythology, Mendes, Ercolano, Herculaneum

No title. - Two menades Hand-colored (black color gouache style, the menaces in water color) copper etching Published in "Li Contorni delle Pitture antiche d'Ercolano..." By Georg Christoph Kilian (1709-1781) Augsburg, 1777 Original antique print  Very pretty couple of dancing, hovering maenads from a wall fresco in Ercolano / Herculaneum The velvety black goes to the edge of paper, allowing for wide or narrow framing. Only minor traces of age and use. Page size: 30 x 39 cm (ca. 11.8 x 15.3")Keywords:In Greek mythology, maenads ( μαϊνάδες); female followers of Dionysus; Thiasus, the god's retinue; "raving ones"; Bassarids, Bacchae; Bacchantes;