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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23730.3.88
People
Jean Baptiste Liénard, French (Lille, France 1750 - after 1807)
After Louis-François Cassas, French (Azay-le-Ferron 1756 - 1827 Versailles)
Title
Grotto cut in the Rock, near the Pyramid of Chephrèn.--Exterior and general view of the Grotto.--Interior of this Grotto, at the time of the Artist's Visit in October and November 1785, was inhabited by one of the well-known hermits of the Denomination of Santon
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Grotte taillée dans le roc, près de la Pyramide de Chephrèn.--Vue extérieure et générale de la Grotte.--L'intérieur de cette Grotte, lorsque l'artiste la visita en octobre et novembre 1785, était habité par l'un de ces Ermites connus sous la dénomination
Series/Book Title: Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palaestine..., Vol. 3
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1798
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197220

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 28.7 x 45 cm (11 5/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
M23730.3.88
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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