Town on a River Bank with Two Round Towers

c. 1770

Nicolas Pérignon

Artist, French, 1726 - 1782

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 x 18.1 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 18.9 x 23.3 cm (7 7/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.44.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 29, State (before the letters)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Bergquist, Boston; purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861.

Inscriptions

lower right below image in plate: N. Perignon fecit (the N reversed); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 7

Watermarks

letters not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75125169

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