Grand Théâtre des Arts ou Temple d'Apollon, avec une Colonne Triomphâle au milieu de la Place principale, erigée au Commerce, aux Sciences, aux Arts & aux Vertus républicaines (Grand Theater of the Arts or Temple of Apollo, with a Victory Column in the Middle of the Main Square, Erected to Commerce, the Sciences, the Arts, and Republican Virtues)

1795

François Joseph Bélanger

Associated Names
François Joseph Bélanger

Artist, French, 1744 - 1818

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.8 × 50.8 cm (13 5/16 × 20 in.)
    sheet: 37.3 × 56.4 cm (14 11/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

In plate, below image, at center:Grand Théâtre des Arts ou Temple d'Apollon, avec une Colonne Triomphâle au milieu de la Place principale, / Erigée au Commerce, aux Sciences, aux Arts & aux Vertus républicaines; in plate, at lower left: Belanger l'un des Architectes des Monumens Publiques

Watermarks

crowned shield with double-headed eagle; three-line countermark

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