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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1148NA
People
Giuseppe Longhi, Italian (1766 - 1831)
After Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
Title
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/246678

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 54.3 × 41.9 cm (21 3/8 × 16 1/2 in.)
sheet: 62.6 × 47.7 cm (24 5/8 × 18 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: BONAPARTE / ANNIBAL
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: KAROLVS. MACNVS. MP.
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: David pinxt
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: Bonaparte crossing the Alps.
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Jos Longi fec
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Etching before the graver. / Transition Proof.
  • inscription: upper left, graphite: [illegible text] no 32
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 7398
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: x3 [upside down]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Trial proof

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1148NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

Verification Level

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