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Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)

ca. 1730
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)
  • Artist: Jacques de Lajoüe (French, Paris 1686–1761 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1730
  • Medium: Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash, with parallel diagonal lines and scale in black chalk, and with incised lines square off in lower part of sheet (recto); pen and gray ink over black chalk (verso). Framing lines on bottom and right side (recto)
  • Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (27.3 x 41 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1985
  • Object Number: 1985.1116.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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