The Temple of Vesta
1774
Artist, French, 1736 - 1810
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 29 x 37 cm (11 7/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
sheet: 30.2 x 38.2 cm (11 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2000.7.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Boissieu 1878, no. 74, State iii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2000
Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.
Bibliography
1878
Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: DB 1774
Wikidata ID
Q75425727