San Lorenzo in the Forum, Rome
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
San Lorenzo in the Forum, Rome
Other titles
A church on the Forum
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 453
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 271
Date made
1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
17.6 x 25.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
24.2 x 32.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark, image of shield
State
2nd state of 2; published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
1st state, proofs only; 2nd state edition of 100, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. No date Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'San Lorenzo, Rome'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '100'. Inscribed lower left to centre at base of sheet in black pencil, 'This was a temple converted into a Basilica. A church on the Forum'. Inscribed lower right at base of sheet in black pencil, 'on old paper 3.3 [guineas] O.P. [out of print]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 271
Subject description
The baroque-style church of San Lorenzo, Roman Forum, Rome.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90876
Accession number
83.434
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist