Design for the Crossing Tower of Rouen Cathedral
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Design for the Crossing Tower of Rouen Cathedral
- Artist: Attributed to Roulland le Roux (German, 1509–1527)
- Artist: Attributed to Pierre des Aubeaux (French)
- Date: 1516; later wood spool
- Medium: Pen and black ink with gray wash, over traces of metalpoint and blind ruling with stylus, guided by compass and straightedge, on parchment; wood spool
- Dimensions: Sheet (irregular): 11 ft. × 25 3/4 in. (335.3 × 65.4 cm)
Other (Spool): 31 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (79.7 × 3.8 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment (2018.123)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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