Artist: Philipp Jakob Hackert (Germany, 1737 – 1807) was a landscape painter who did most of his work in Italy. He was internationally renowned and even worked for Catherine the Great on a cycle of paintings about the Battle of Chesma.
Engraver: François Morel (French, c. 1768 - in or after 1830).
Title: Vüe des Temples de Junon Lucine de la Concorde d'Hercule et de Jupiter Olimpien a Girgenti.
Signed, Titled, Numbered, and Dated in plate: Peint a Gouache par Jac. Ph. Hackert 1782. Grave par Francois Morel. Vüe des Temples de Junon Lucine de la Concorde d'Hercule et de Jupiter Olimpien a Girgenti. [The dedication to Comte Rasumoffsky. During this period, Hackert also acted as a secret informant of Russia, his contact being the Russian diplomat Andrey Rasumovsky]. A Rome chez George Hackert Graveur Place d'Espagne. [Coat of Arms of Razumovsky family].
Dimensions: Image 11" x 1`8". Sheet 18 1/2" x 13".
Publisher: A Rome chez George Hackert Graveur Place d'Espagne.
Date: c. 1783.
Materials and Techniques: Etching with engraving on laid paper mounted on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Mounted. The lower left corner is lost. Multiple tears to margins, abrasions, foxing. Remnants of glue verso. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
A pair to: Vue du tombeau de Téron, des Temples de la Concord et Junon Lucine à Girgenti (Not in our collection).
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1886,1124.242.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVIII C. French School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.