Abstract EN:

This thesis has three major purses, which are : - to release an inventory of the seventeenth century french engravels drawn from roman antiquity low-reliefs; one hundred and five engravels signed by french artists have been studied in the course of this inventory. - to give new information on the history of roman antiquity low- reliefs engraved by french artists of the seventeenth century, with an emphasis on the first aspect of the low-reliefs and the restaurations they suffered until the seventeenth century. - and eventually, to acquire a better knowledge of the french artists of the seventeenth century specialized in engravels and drawings for instance through the choice of low-reliefs they made, the modifications they brought to the chosen model and the places where they worked in Rome.