Lot Essay
A view of the same temple from a slightly different viewpoint is at the Albertina (inv. 22819).
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Property from the Holdings of the Ford Foundation
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (AVIGNON 1714-1789 PARIS)
View of the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum
Details
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (AVIGNON 1714-1789 PARIS)
View of the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey and brown wash
19 7/8 x 14 in. (50.5 x 35.4 cm.)
View of the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey and brown wash
19 7/8 x 14 in. (50.5 x 35.4 cm.)
Provenance
From an album probably compiled in Vienna in the early 19th Century.
Antoine-Augustin Renouard, Paris, 20 November 1854, part of lot 628 (to Pottier, antiquarian bookseller).
Anonymous sale; Blache, Versailles, 13 March 1966, probably lot 173 (as 'Temples en ruines').
with Knoedler Gallery, New York, where acquired by the Ford Foundation in November 1966.
Antoine-Augustin Renouard, Paris, 20 November 1854, part of lot 628 (to Pottier, antiquarian bookseller).
Anonymous sale; Blache, Versailles, 13 March 1966, probably lot 173 (as 'Temples en ruines').
with Knoedler Gallery, New York, where acquired by the Ford Foundation in November 1966.