Entrance of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli, 1767

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series Title

Onze aquatintes à sujets romains d'après Robert et Fragonard (Eleven Aquatints of Roman Subjects after Robert and Fragonard)

Medium

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 25.4 × 32.4 cm (10 × 12 3/4 in.)
plate: 27 × 37 cm (10 5/8 × 14 9/16 in.)

sheet: 30.6 × 38.8 cm (12 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Cayeux 1963, no. 106

Accession Number

2018.91.53

Artists / Makers

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (artist) French, 1727 - 1791

Hubert Robert (artist after) French, 1733 - 1808

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

In plate, in image, at lower left, on the base of an Egyptian statue: D. M. / SERAPIS / TEMPLUM / DAL ANTICO / Saint-Non / 1767; in plate, at center, on stone plaque: SPQR / Robert del / napoli / 1760; in plate, in image, at lower center, on rock: Saint Non Sc; in plate, below image, at left: H. Robert del; in plate, below image, at right: Saint Non Sc. 1767

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. undesc.

1963: Cayeux Jean de. "Introduction au catalogue critique des griffonis de Saint-Non." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1963: pp. 297-384. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964. Separately published. Paris Librairie Armand Colin, 1964: no. 106

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 72, fig. 4.