id:			161941
accession number:	2001.19
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.19
updated:		2023-12-05 05:35:55.695000

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

title:				The Temple of Isis at Pompeii
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1788
creation date earliest:		1788
creation date latest:		1788
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	etching, hand-colored with watercolor
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Wollin p. 113 no. 7

---

CREATORS

* Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758–1810)  - etched by

* Louis Jean Desprez (French, 1743–1804)  - hand-colored by

---

measurements: 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.)
state of the work:	state I/II
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	laid paper with added decorative border, lined with secondary sheet of laid paper
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed in black ink on decorative margin, lower margin:Desprez
	translation:	
	remark:		

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

	title:		The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection
	opening date:   2012-09-03T00:00:00
	<i>The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-July 7, 2013).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01.  "Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19th-Century French Prints".

* 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"

---

PROVENANCE

	Hill-Stone, New York, NY
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.19/2001.19_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.19/2001.19_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.19/2001.19_full.tif