Frontispiece for "Fountains"

1768

Jean-Laurent Legeay

Associated Names
Jean-Laurent Legeay

Artist, French, c. 1710 - after 1788

The image shows an ornate, classical structure positioned slightly to the right of center, with a plaque featuring inscriptions. The structure has intricate carvings and decorations. Stone elements are scattered on the ground with engravings. Trees and foliage surround the scene. In the distance, two small human figures stand amidst the ruins. The artwork uses an etching technique with detailed line work and a monochromatic palette. The horizon line is suggested by the sky visible through the trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.5 × 16.4 cm (7 11/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.5 × 26 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.2.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Erouart 1982, no. 127

  • Series Title

    Fountains

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

  • Erouart, Gilbert. Architettura come pittura: Jean-Laurent Legeay un piranesiano francese nell'Europa dei Lumi. Milan: Electa Editrice, 1982.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at upper right: FONTANE PER LAQUA / DEL TE INVENTIONE DI / GIOVANi LORENZo LE GEAY / ARCHITETTO INTAGLIATe / DA LUI STESso / MESSE IN LUCE / MDCCLXVII; in plate, below image, at left: J.L. Le Geay inv. et sculpc; at bottom center in graphite in later hand: 692 / Legeay / (5 Bee); at bottom left in graphite in later hand: 1988; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: 20; verso: at bottom right in graphite in later hand: B-30,424

Markings

none

Watermarks

T DUPUY MOYEN

Wikidata ID

Q65572260

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