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

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Category

Print

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 wove Millbourn paper

Support size

24.0 x 37.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

watermark, 'MILLBOURN / BRITISH HAND MADE PURE RAG' and image of castle.

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 rightat base of sheet, 'San Lorenzo, Rome'.

Subject description

The baroque-style church of San Lorenzo, Roman Forum, Rome.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42330

Accession number

76.1204

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1976/77 (1976-12-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from The Town Gallery, Brisbane, 1976.

Credit line

Purchased 1976

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

Last Updated

06 Jan 2013