Ruines des environs de Rhodes
1770s
Catherine Elisabeth Lempereur
Artist, French, born 1726
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 32.6 × 40.1 cm (12 13/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
sheet: 41.91 × 57.79 cm (16 1/2 × 22 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.158.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Galerie Sartoni et Cerveau, Paris); purchased by Rena Hoisington in 2022; gift to NGA, 2023
Associated Names
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, below image, at left: Pillement Pinx.; in plate, below image, at right: C.E. Cousinet Femme Lempereur Sculp.; in plate, below image, at center: RUINES DES ENVIRONS DE RHODES. / Dedié à Monsieur le Marquis de Querhoënt. / A Paris chez Crepy, rue St. Jacques Par son très Humble et très Obeissant Serviteur Crepy; at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: E [circled] / 300 eu; verso: at upper left, in brown ink, in later hand: # [?] 2 H
Markings
none
Watermarks
none?