Prints

Exterior of the Palace of Neptune

1756

Artists

J. DurandArtist

Jean-Charles FrançoisArtist

Jean-Louis Bovet IIArtist after

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-AubinArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 30.3 × 48 cm (11 15/16 × 18 7/8 in.) Plate: 33 × 48.5 cm (13 × 19 1/8 in.) Sheet: 35.7 × 51.5 cm (14 1/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Paul Gourary, New York. [Auction, New York, sold]; to [Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, NY], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

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