Ancient World, Mythology, Ercolaneo, dancers, fresco

"Saltatrices duce juxta pictiaram Herculanensem - Zwo Taenzerinnen nach einer im Herculaneo gefundenen Malerey" Two female dancers, (maenads, bacchantes) found as wall fresco in Herculaneum Hand-gouached copper etchings by Georg Christoph Kilian Augsburg, 1778 Printed on strong copper plate paper. Page 52 of a select publication by Kilian Image very good condition. Margins, far away from image a bit spotty. Lower margin narrow. 21,5 x 23 cm (ca. 8.5 x 9")Keywords:In Greek mythology, maenads ( μαϊνάδες); female followers of Dionysus; Thiasus, the god's retinue; "raving ones"; Bassarids, Bacchae; Bacchantes;