Victor Jean Nicolle
1754-1826
The Temple of Vesta, Rome
8 1/16 x 12 1/4 inches (205 x 309 mm)
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
1983.32
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
A pendant to this watercolor, "The Temple of Concord, Rome", is now in the collection of the Phillips Family.
A pendant to this watercolor, "The Temple of Concord, Rome", is now in the collection of the Phillips Family.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at middle left, in pen and brown ink, "V. J. Nicolle"; inscribed by the artist on back of old mount, "Vue du Temple de Vesta, Situé au bord du tibre; prise du Coté de Transtevere [sic]; à Rome".
Associated names
Meryan, Jean Baptiste de, Marquis de Lagoy, former owner.
Ferrier, Raymond, former owner.
Ferrier, Raymond, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 282-283.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 88.
Denison, Cara D., Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : The Pierpont Morgan Library; Montreal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1993-1994, no. 111, repr.
Denison, Cara D., with Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, no. 23, repr. in color.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 88.
Denison, Cara D., Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : The Pierpont Morgan Library; Montreal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1993-1994, no. 111, repr.
Denison, Cara D., with Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, no. 23, repr. in color.
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