Architectural Fantasy with Roman Ruins, 1769

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.3 x 23 cm (6 x 9 1/16 in.)

sheet: 17.3 x 25.1 cm (6 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Melissa J. Stegeman in honor of Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc, Vol. III, no. 1, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1999.18.1

Artists / Makers

Joseph Stephan (artist) German, 1709 - 1786

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Joseph. Stephan. inven. et sculp. 1769.; lower left below plate, in graphite: Ecole venetienne (undeciphered) 1744; on verso, lower right, in graphite: 96/134; No. 252

Provenance

Paul Prouté S. A.; purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

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