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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.247
People
Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French (Lyon 1736 - 1810 Lyon)
Title
View of Acquapendente on the Road from Siena to Rome
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Vue d'Aqua pendente
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1773
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370239

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 25.8 × 35.1 cm (10 3/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
sheet: 26.9 × 35.5 cm (10 9/16 × 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below image: Vue d'aqua pendente Sur la Route de Sienne a Rome / Monsieur Le Duc de la Rochefoucault pair de France Par son tres humble & tres obeissant serviteur Jean Jacque DeB.
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: DB 1773
  • inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: F. Gawet 1808 [Franz Gawet, Lugt 1070]
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 308 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 47
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 3$ [?]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Pig.[?] 33 B. 70 VII [?] Aqua Pendente 1350[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Franz Gawet, Vienna (Lugt 1070). [James A. Bergquist, Boston], sold; to Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1997, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
vii/vii
Standard Reference Number
Perez 70; Boissieu 70

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.247
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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