Lot Essay
In the inscription, Vernet mistakenly identifies the temple as that dedicated to Diana, also at Baia. A closely related view of the same temple is at the Albertina (inv. 22807).
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Property from the Holdings of the Ford Foundation
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (AVIGNON 1714-1789 PARIS)
View of the Temple of Venus at Baiae
Details
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (AVIGNON 1714-1789 PARIS)
View of the Temple of Venus at Baiae
inscribed 'temple de diana a pousoles'
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown and grey wash, watermark crowned coat of arms with fleur-de-lys and 'C & J HONIG'
12 5/8 x 20 1/8 in. (32 x 51.1 cm.)
View of the Temple of Venus at Baiae
inscribed 'temple de diana a pousoles'
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown and grey wash, watermark crowned coat of arms with fleur-de-lys and 'C & J HONIG'
12 5/8 x 20 1/8 in. (32 x 51.1 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, lot 165.
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, lot 165.
with Knoedler Gallery, New York, where acquired by the Ford Foundation in November 1966.
Literature
P. Conisbee, Claude-Joseph Vernet 1714-1789, exhib. cat., Kenwood, The Fondation The Iveagh Bequest, 1976-77, Fig. 7.