View of the Marshes at the Possible Former Site of the Port of Metapontium

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R13077
People: Nicolas Barthélemy-François Dequevauviller, French (Abbeville, France 1745 - 1807 Paris, France)
After Louis-Jean Desprez, French (Auxerre 1743 - 1804 Stockholm)
Title: View of the Marshes at the Possible Former Site of the Port of Metapontium
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Vue des marais formés par les eaux de la mer dans le lieu où l'on pense que devoit être située l'Ancien Port de Metaponte
Series/Book Title: Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile, III, 40
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1783
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/239484

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 14.7 × 23.1 cm (5 13/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Plate: 18 × 24.5 cm (7 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 19 × 26 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

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

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol VII, no. 41, p. 40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R13077
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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