1898.590: Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.590

People

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, French (Dijon, France 1716 - c. 1803 Paris, France)
Previously attributed to Herman Swanevelt, Dutch (Woerden, Netherlands 1600 - 1655 Paris)

Title

Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293909

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, black chalk, gray wash, and touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and gray ink

Dimensions

26.5 x 39.1 cm (10 7/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Lower left, brown ink: . [illegible] .
• inscription: Lower left, black ink: il tempio di minerva medica in Roma.
• inscription: Lower center, graphite: Col. Dr. [illegible] London
• inscription: Lower right, graphite: Herman Swanvelde fec
• inscription: Lower center, black ink: 564.
• inscription: Verso, upper right, graphite: 11/2
• inscription: Verso, lower right, graphite: 1898.590 300
• stamp: Verso, lower center, purple ink: John Witt Randall Coll. / Harvard College

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private collection, London; John Witt Randall, gift; to his sister, Belinda Lull Randall, by descent, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.590

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Accession Year

1898

Object Number

1898.590

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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