Entrance of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli

1767

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Artist, French, 1727 - 1791

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.4 × 32.4 cm (10 × 12 3/4 in.)
    plate: 27 × 37 cm (10 5/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.6 × 38.8 cm (12 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.91.53

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cayeux 1963, no. 106

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

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: no. undesc.

1963

  • Cayeux Jean de. "Introduction au catalogue critique des griffonis de Saint-Non." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1963: pp. 297-384. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1964. Separately published. Paris Librairie Armand Colin, 1964: no. 106

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 72, fig. 4.

Inscriptions

In plate, in image, at lower left, on the base of an Egyptian statue: D. M. / SERAPIS / TEMPLUM / DAL ANTICO / Saint-Non / 1767; in plate, at center, on stone plaque: SPQR / Robert del / napoli / 1760; in plate, in image, at lower center, on rock: Saint Non Sc; in plate, below image, at left: H. Robert del; in plate, below image, at right: Saint Non Sc. 1767

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