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Section and Interior Perspective of the Royal Chapel

Chaufourier French

ca. 1725

Not on view

Visitors gesture in admiration of the towering heights of the Royal Chapel. An expert in the art of perspective, Chaufourier concentrated on architectural details: the arcades on the ground floor, the colonnade on the floor above, and the vault supported by a system of flying buttresses. The drawing includes some of the furnishings, which would be lost during the Revolution, including the pulpit by the sculptor-decorator François Antoine Vassé.

Section and Interior Perspective of the Royal Chapel, Chaufourier (French, Paris 1679–1757 St. Germaine-en-Laye), Pen and India ink, polychrome highlights over a graphite sketch on cream-colored paper — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Section and Interior Perspective of the Royal Chapel

Artist: Chaufourier (French, Paris 1679–1757 St. Germaine-en-Laye)

Date: ca. 1725

Medium: Pen and India ink, polychrome highlights over a graphite sketch on cream-colored paper

Dimensions: Unframed: 18 11/16 × 15 1/4 in. (47.5 × 38.7 cm)
Framed: 26 7/8 × 23 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (68.2 × 60.5 × 3.2 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (INV.DESS 1202)

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