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Encienne aqueduc de Preneste, proche Rome: P.2197-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Encienne aqueduc de Preneste, proche Rome

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Le Bas, Jacques Philippe
Painter: Poelenburgh, Cornelis van (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

1760s
1770s
1780s
After 1760 - Before 1782

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 212 mm Width 252 mm
Sheet Height 212 mm Width 252 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Corneil Polembourg Pinx.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: ENCIENNE AQUEDUC DE - PRENESTE PROCHE ROME.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Le Bas Sculp.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Achievement of arms
  • Text: Dédié à Monseigneur - Le Duc de Cossé / Gouverneur - de Paris
  • Location: Plate lower centre, on either side of arms
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Tiré du Cabinet de Mgr. Le Duc de Cossé, / même grandeur du Tableau.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Par son très humble et très / Obéissant Serviteur Le Bas
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: à Paris chés Le Bas, Graveur Pensionnaire du Roi, rue de la Harpe. / A Paris chez Esnauts, et Rapilly, rue S. Jacques, à la Ville de Coutances,
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 3133
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number
  • Text: No. 50
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2197-1991
Primary reference Number: 95339
BN Inventaire (18thC): 310

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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