The Temple of Serapis, Pozzuoli

Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

1760

Medium/TechniqueRed chalk on cream antique laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 34.3 x 45.4 cm (13 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)
Framed: 50.8 x 61.3 cm (20 x 24 1/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2601

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ClassificationsDrawings

Collections

InscriptionsIn red chalk, l.l.: tempio di Serapid puzzuolo; b.c.: H Robert

ProvenanceHenri Michel-Lévy, Paris; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12-13 May 1919, lot 110; Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 – d. 1964), New York, Paris, Rhode Island; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

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