The Temple of Isis at Pompeii
1788
Francesco Piranesi
Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758–1810)
Prints
The Temple of Isis at Pompeii, 1788. Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758–1810), Louis Jean Desprez (French, 1743–1804). Etching, hand-colored with watercolor; sheet: 47.7 x 69.6 cm (18 3/4 x 27 3/8 in.); secondary support: 59.2 x 81.3 cm (23 5/16 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2001.19
- Maker/Artist
- Piranesi, Francesco
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- etching, hand-colored with watercolor
- Medium
- etching, hand-colored, watercolor
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 47.7 x 69.6 cm (18 3/4 x 27 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 59.2 x 81.3 cm (23 5/16 x 32 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed in black ink on decorative margin, lower margin:Desprez
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 2001.19
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints, The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection, The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/ 12/2012 - 01/07/2013 Getty Villa Malibu, CA; 02/24/2013 - 07/07/2013 Cleveland Museum of Art); "The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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