PrintsItalian18th century

The Temple of Serapis in Pozzuoli

c. 1781

Artists

Francesco PiranesiArtist

Louis-Jean DesprezArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Hand-colored etching on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 47.5 × 69 cm (18 11/16 × 27 3/16 in.) mount: 58 × 80 cm (22 13/16 × 31 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Hill-Stone, New York] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, MA, 2010, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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