Projet de décoration du Panthéon : Coupe transversale / Project for the decoration of the Pantheon: Transverse section
1796
- This section cuts through the piers of the Panthéon at the crossing, showing details of the brickwork and the buttresses. There is a small plan beneath the section, which is probably meant to illustrate the combination of brickwork and masonry in the construction of the piers.
Plume et encre, lavis d'encre et aquarelle sur papier
pen and ink, ink wash and watercolour on paper
sheet: 22.2 x 26.8 cm secondary support: 29 x 34.1 cm
DR1988:0268
- Three sections of the support have been cut out so that the secondary support is visible from the front of the drawing: c.l., c.r. in the buttresses, and t. in one of the windows.
inscribed - by the draughtsman, in watercolour, l.c.: "AUX / GRANDS / HOMMES ..." [on a plaque at the base of the obelisk] inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in graphite, b.: "A A" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "Dessin de Brongniart / reproduit dans le catalogue / p. 221 (hors cat): "Pantheon [underlined] / De Sacy"
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