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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26187
People
Georges-François Blondel, French (Paris 1730 - after 1791 Paris)
Title
A View of the Vestibule of St. Peter at Rome
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1765
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/55803

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Image: 53 × 41 cm (20 7/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
Plate: 57 × 41 cm (22 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 67 × 52.5 cm (26 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: illegible, but apparently a manufacturer's name (and a date?)
  • inscription: lower center, erased graphite: RaXL / P11854 [Lennox-Boyd inventory number] / CD25uv 4. / 3
  • inscription: verso, center left, graphite: 22x32

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Christopher Lennox-Boyd. [James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
unrecorded proof
Edition
working proof
Standard Reference Number
D. 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26187
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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