Ruins of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli

About the Artwork

Title Ruins of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli

Artwork Date 1750

Artist Claude Joseph Vernet

Life Dates 1714-1789

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Pen and gray ink and brown and gray washes over black chalk on cream laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/16 inches (34.9 × 51 cm) Framed: 21 5/8 × 27 1/2 × 1 inches (54.9 × 69.9 × 2.5 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 67.256

Copyright Public Domain