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

Project for the decoration and reinforcement of the crossing piers of the Panthéon: Section and plan

1796

- This section cuts through the nave of the Panthéon, looking towards the crossing. 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
• preparatory drawing

Pen and black ink, with coloured wash and touches of watercolour, over graphite

secondary support: 29.3 x 33.9 cm sheet: 22.2 x 26.8 cm

DR1988:0269

• rendering

• plan (drawing)
• section

• interior view

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in watercolour, c.l. and c.r.: with the first line of the inscription on each plaque in reversed script inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "Brongniart"; and u.r.: "Pantheon / De Sacy"

• architecture

• nave
• piers
• crossing