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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R6364
People
Samuel William Reynolds I, British (London 1773 - 1835 London)
After Auguste Forbin, French (1777-1841)
Title
Trial of a Nun in the Vaults of the Inquisition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249484

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR:"Louis Nicholas Philippe Auguste Comte de Forbin pinxt; Hist P. pup de Boissieux (JJ de) next, of David; B La Roque 1779, Director of the Museums of France; see Gabet (Dict Art Franc. XIX siecle); In 1817 he painted at Valladolid his "Nun in the vaults of the inquisition" which Nagler says (recalls us with a shudder, to the remembrance of that frightful tribunal); This picture (now in the Musée Royale) and the "Death of Pliny" (in the Luxembourg) gave Forbin a European reputation; [Fivar?] Member Institute, Knight of Legion of Honor [etc. etc]; Trial of a nun in the Vaults of the Inquisition; Masterpiece of the Count Forbin; SW Reynolds, 13 Lond. 1780 fec.; A Masterpiece of the Mezzotint Art & the most interesting of his engrs.; Artist proof before all the better."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
proof before letters
Standard Reference Number
W. 367

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R6364
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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