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The image consists of a large decorative frame with historical script surrounded by architectural elements like tall columns, a bust of an ancient figure, and a tree curving above the frame. The artwork has a monochromatic palette in shades of gray with vegetation, ruins, fruit, leaves, and a mountain in the background.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Architectural Fantasy of Roman Ruins with an Inscription Plaque
Rose Angélique Moitte, after Jean-Baptiste Lallemand
- Date
- 1768
- Medium
- etching and engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 31 × 22.7 cm (12 3/16 × 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 33.4 × 22.7 cm (13 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2016.65.4
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1751 to 1775
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie (plate 1/ title plate)
Provenance
(sale, Artcurial, Paris, 18 February 2015, no. 47); (Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London); purchased 2016 by NGA.
Inscription
recto: in plate, in image: DIVERS HABILLEMENTS / SUIVANT LE COSTUME D'ITALIE / DESSINEES D'APRÈS NATURE / PAR J. B. GREUZE PEINTRE DU ROI / ORNÉS DE FONDS PAR J. B. LALLEMAND / ET GRAVÉS D'APRÈS LES DESSEINS / TIRÉS DU CABINET DE M. L'ABBÉ GOUGENOT / CONSEILLER AU GRAND CONSEIL / HONORAIRE DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE / DE PAINTURE ET DE SCULPTURE / PAR P.E. MOITTE GRAVEUR DU ROI / A PARIS / Chés l'Auteur a l'entrée de la Rue St. Victor la 3e. Porte Cochere à / gauche en entrant par la Place Maubert 1768.; in plate, below image, at left: J. B. Lallemand delin; in plate, below image, at right: Angélique Moitte Sculp.; verso: none
Marks
none
NGA object ID 208524. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.