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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.345
People
Etched by Francesco Piranesi, Italian (1750 - 1810)
Watercolor by Louis-Jean Desprez, French (Auxerre 1743 - 1804 Stockholm)
Title
The Temple of Serapis in Pozzuoli
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1781
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370308

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47.5 × 69 cm (18 11/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
mount: 58 × 80 cm (22 13/16 × 31 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, mount, black ink: 13
  • inscription: lower right, mount, brown ink: Ce vend. chez [illegible] Franocis Piranesi a Roma
  • inscription: verso, mount, lower right, brown ink: No = 6

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hill-Stone, New York] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, MA, 2010, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Wollin 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.345
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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