Louis-Jean Desprez
1743-1804
View of the Ruins of the Temple of Juno at Metapontum
8 3/16 x 13 7/16 inches (208 x 341 mm)
Pen and black ink, with watercolor, on paper.
1959.2
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
This drawing was engraved in the same direction by Jean-Duplessis-Bertaux and Charles Guttenberg in the Abbé de Saint Non's "Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile", Paris, 1781-86, vol. III, pp. 77-78, pl. 37.
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Watermark: Countermark: D & C Blauw.
Associated names
Meyer, Albert, former owner.
Ames, Winslow, former owner.
Ames, Anna, former owner.
Ames, Winslow, former owner.
Ames, Anna, former owner.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 109-110.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 141.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 120.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 110, repr.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 141.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 120.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 110, repr.
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