Polychromatic interior with a cardinal and a monk

People:

Anatole Jal (draughtsman)

Title:

Polychromatic interior with a cardinal and a monk

Date:

1854

Description:

- This drawing depicts a cardinal and a monk standing in front of a gallery wall which is composed of marble facing below, and with alternating round and square niches above which are decorated with polychromatic frescoes and possibly tiles. The niches house busts of bearded men. The decoration includes trompe-l'oeil and grotesque work in a classical revival style, interspersed with simple pictographs in a vaguely archaic style.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and brown ink, watercolour and gouache over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 28.0 x 20.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0018

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet is trimmed to the edge of the drawing on all four sides. There are fragments of paper on the l., r. and b. edge of the verso, probably traces of a previous mount.

Inscription:

signed, inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in brown ink, l.r.: "Anatole Jal. Architecte - 1854."

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

niches
Classical Revival
pictographs
polychromy
frescoes
geometric patterns
grotesques

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

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