Beach at the Large Tower | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2019.172
People: Claude-Joseph Vernet, French (Avignon 1714 - 1789 Paris)
Title: Beach at the Large Tower
Other Titles: Original Language Title: La Plage à la grosse tour
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1743-1752
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/363993

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

image: 20 × 28.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
plate: 22.9 × 30.2 cm (9 × 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 27.4 × 36.1 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower right, in plate: Joseph Vernet fecit.
inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [slash] [illegible text]
watermark: center: running stag encircled [Heawood 18/19]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: proof
Standard Reference Number: Nagler 4; Heller-Andresen 1; Baudicour 1; Arlaud p. 108, no. 428

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year: 2019
Object Number: 2019.172
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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