File:Drawing, Architectural Fantasy- A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid, mid-18th century (CH 18172453).jpg

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Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain: English: Drawing, Architectural Fantasy: A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid, mid-18th century   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain  (1715–1759)  wikidata:Q3260646
 
Description French architect, painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 19 March 1715 Edit this at Wikidata 24 March 1759 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Saint Petersburg
Work period neoclassicism
era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location
Saint Petersburg (1758–1759); Paris (1740–1758); Italy Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3260646
Title
English: Drawing, Architectural Fantasy: A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid, mid-18th century
Description
English: In the foreground are ruins of a classical temple - a broken column and a pedestal. Stairs lead up to a sepulchral monument and to an altar where a sacrifice is being conducted. In the distance are two free-standing monumental columns as well as a truncated pyramid crowned by a circular temple. The sheet is enlarged at the bottom and slightly laterally by an L.L. who signed the original drawing.
Date mid-18th century
Medium brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk on off-white laid paper with additions at top and bottom, lined with cardboard and border of blue laid paper
Dimensions 27.9 x 22.5 cm (11 x 8 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1911-28-506
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Inscriptions Cooper Union Musuem mark at the lower right corner on the recto Cooper Union Museum stamp on the verso
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: France
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