• Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (draughtsman)
• Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (architect)

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.

• dessin de présentation

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

• rendering

• plan (drawing)
• section

• interior view

- 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"

• architecture

• obelisk
• piers
• crossing