Temple of the Sun at Girgenti | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R6214
People: Balthasar Anton Dunker, Swiss (Saal, Germany 1746 - 1807 Bern)
After Jakob Philipp Hackert, German (Prenzlau 1737 - 1807 Florence)
Title: Temple of the Sun at Girgenti
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Views of Sicily
Original Language Title: Temple du Soleil à Girgenti
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1782
Culture: Swiss
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/242631

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 15.5 x 20.5 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: B. A. Dunker

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R6214
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Wolfgang Krönig, Vedute di luoghi classici della Sicilia: Il viaggio di Philipp Hackert del 1777, Sellerio editore (Palermo, 1987), pp. 78-79 [not Harvard impression]
Thomas Weidner, Jacob Philipp Hackert: Paesaggi del Regno, exh. cat., Artemide Edizioni (Rome, 1997), no. 71 [not Harvard impression]

Verification Level

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