National Gallery of Art · Print
1er Vue de Paris, Pris du Pont Royal
Jean-François Janinet, after Pierre-Antoine Demachy
- Date
- 1782
- Medium
- color etching and wash-manner on laid paper
- Dimensions
- image: 39.9 × 61.5 cm (15 11/16 × 24 3/16 in.) sheet (trimmed within platemark): 48.2 × 64.3 cm (19 × 25 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2020.63.1
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Vues des plus beaux édifices publics et particuliers de la ville de Paris
Provenance
Private collection, Paris; purchased in 1990 by Paul Prouté, Paris (see catalogue 157, December 2019, p. 164, no. 171); purchased 2020 by NGA.
Inscription
recto: in plate, below image, at left: Peint par de Machy; in plate, below image, at right: Gravé par F. Janinet; in plate, below image, at center: Iere. VUE DE PARIS PRISE DU PONT ROYAL / L. Aubert Scripsit Imprimé par Blain; verso: signed by artists in brown ink: Janinet Demachy
Marks
none
Watermarks
Tamizier Auvergne Fin (similar to Heawood 3429)
NGA object ID 221277. 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.