A Classical Temple
c. 1780
Artist, French, 1739 - 1794

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray, brown, and green washes on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 41.5 x 51.2 cm (16 5/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.70
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, October 1971; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1973
Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975.
1992
Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 39.
1993
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993, no. 19.
1996
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.
Bibliography
1975
"Drawings for Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Noted Virginia Collection of Master Drawings," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975), 2, 13 (illus.).
2009
Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009: 244, fig. 1.
Inscriptions
lower right in pen and brown ink: Taraval inv.; lower left in pen and brown ink: T.
Wikidata ID
Q64593413