View of the monument to Antiochus Philopappus, Athens

People:

Louis François Cassas (draughtsman)

Title:

View of the monument to Antiochus Philopappus, Athens

Date:

between 1782 and 1813

Description:

- The Monument of Philopapus is shown at the crest of a hill, with distant hills and a body of water in the background. There are two groups of figures on either side of the monument: three men in European costume on the right and five men in Near Eastern costume on the left.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preparatory drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink, and watercolour

Dimensions:

secondary support: 62.1 x 85.2 cm sheet: 54.9 x 78.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0014

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- A strip of brown laid ? paper inscribed with the title is laid down on the b. strip of blue wove paper.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in brown ink, on a separate strip of brown laid ? paper, laid down, b.c.: "Monument triomphal élevé en l'honneur d'Antiochus Philopapus, à Athènes."

Subject:

topographic

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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