Harvard Art Museums > 2002.21: Fantasy of Classical Ruins Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fantasy of Classical Ruins (Jean-Laurent Legeay) , 2002.21,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146768. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.21 People Jean-Laurent Legeay, French (Paris c. 1710 - 1790 Rome, Italy?) Title Fantasy of Classical Ruins Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/146768 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink on antique (?) laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink and brown wash Dimensions 26.6 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, lower left: J. Le Geay Inven inscription: verso, graphite: [illegible] / [illegible] Jean Legeay [crossed out] Le Geay / 1732 / 81 [encircled] [arrow to the right] / 12/16 / $MDK / 21 / F8003 / Jean Legeay französ. Architekt Maler & Kupferstecher / 1732 Rompreis inscription: verso, blue ballpoint ink, lower right: Jean Legeaÿ, französ. Architekt / Maler & Küpferstecher / 1732 Rompreis / ab 1745 Berlin / 1752 Hofbaudirektor / 6 Blätter Hedwigskirche Berlin inscription: verso, black ink, lower right: Jean Le Geaÿ Provenance Recorded Ownership History Richard P. Wunder, San Diego, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Wunder (1946, Ph.D. 1955) in memory of Agnes Mongan Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.21 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History John Harris, "Le Geay, Piranesi and International Neo-Classicism in Rome 1740-1750", Essays in the History of Architecture Presented to Rudolf Wittkower, ed. Douglas Fraser, Phaidon (London, 1967), p. 193 n. 26 Richard P. Wunder, "The Spread of 'Piranesism' to France Through Legeay and Challe", Piranèse et les français, colloque, Villa Medici, Académie de France à Rome, ed. Georges Brunel, Edizioni dell'Elefante (Rome, 1978), pp. 553-566, pp. 553-66, fig. 8, repr. Exhibition History Architectural, Ornament, Landscape and Figure Drawings Collected by Richard Wunder, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury, 01/05/1975 - 02/26/1975 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2018 - 05/09/2018 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
