Projet pour la transformation du Panthéon en pyramide : Perspective / Project for the transformation of the Panthéon into a pyramid : Perspective

People:

Charles de Wailly (draughtsman)
Charles de Wailly (architect)

Title:

Projet pour la transformation du Panthéon en pyramide : Perspective / Project for the transformation of the Panthéon into a pyramid : Perspective

Date:

ca. 1797

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Plume et encre, lavis d'encre et trace de crayon graphite sur papier, monté sur carton pen and black, brown and red ink with traces of graphite and black ink and wash border on paper, mounted on board with ink wash

Dimensions:

sheet: 24,5 x 19,8 cm secondary support: 36 x 77 cm

Reference number:

DR1995:0059

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
eye-level view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The drawing is framed by two pen and brown ink borders. Drawings DR1995:0059, DR1995:0060 and DR1995:0061 are mounted on the same board. All three drawings are framed with pen and brown ink borders. A grey ink [?] wash was applied on the mount from the last border to the outside edges.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and red ink, l.l. to l.r.: "VUE PERSPECTIVE DU PANTHÉON. / "Dedié aux Grands Hommes. / "On à [sic] cherché, dans ce Projet, à donner le caractere [sic] et la sololidité [sic] que doit avoir ce Monument. La partie superieure [sic] qui / couronne cet Edifice peut etre [sic] considerée [sic] comme le Temple de l'immortalité orné des Statues des Grands Hommes. On peut / y arriver aussi bien par les Escaliers interieurs [sic] que par ceux exterieurs [sic] pratiqués sur les Angles de la Piramide [sic] qui est terminee [sic] par la / Statue de l'Immortalité. " inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.r.: "DW".

Location:

Paris; France;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

figures (representations)
portico
columns (architectural elements)
monument
pyramid (tomb)
column figures

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Mme Marjorie Bronfman/Gift of Mrs. Marjorie Bronfman

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