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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.246
People
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
Title
View of the Temple of the Sun, the Arch of Titus, and a Fragment of the Palace of Emperors
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Vue du Temple du Soleil, de l'Arc de Tite, et Fragment du Palais des Empereurs
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1773
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370238

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 25.7 × 35 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
sheet: 26.7 × 35.5 cm (10 1/2 × 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below center: Vue du Temple du Soleil de l'arc de Tite Et fragment du palais des Empereurs
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: R. 32 (1773) (Vom Colosseum aus gesehen.)
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: [?]OW / How [?]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: R. 32 650
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: DB 1773

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[James A. Bergquist, Boston], sold; to Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1993, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
LeBlanc 72; Perez 69; Boissieu 69

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.246
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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