Entrance of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli
1767
Artist, French, 1727 - 1791
Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, after Hubert Robert
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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 Number
2018.91.53
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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