Grand Théâtre des Arts ou Temple d'Apollon, avec une Colonne Triomphâle au milieu de la Place principale, erigée au Commerce, aux Sciences, aux Arts & aux Vertus républicaines (Grand Theater of the Arts or Temple of Apollo, with a Victory Column in the Middle of the Main Square, Erected to Commerce, the Sciences, the Arts, and Republican Virtues)

1795

François Joseph Bélanger

Artist, French, 1744 - 1818

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.8 × 50.8 cm (13 5/16 × 20 in.)
    sheet: 37.3 × 56.4 cm (14 11/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.91.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

In plate, below image, at center:Grand Théâtre des Arts ou Temple d'Apollon, avec une Colonne Triomphâle au milieu de la Place principale, / Erigée au Commerce, aux Sciences, aux Arts & aux Vertus républicaines; in plate, at lower left: Belanger l'un des Architectes des Monumens Publiques

Watermarks

crowned shield with double-headed eagle; three-line countermark

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