R13077: 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

Permissions

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