A Monumental Archway with Five Bays in the Corinthian Order
16th century
Medium
Pen and black ink with gray wash and traces of black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 16 1/2 x 25 3/16 in. (41.9 x 64 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2008
Accession Number
2008.50
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About the Artist
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau · 1510–1585
Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1510–1584), born in Paris to a wine merchant, emerged as a pivotal figure in introducing Renaissance architecture to France through his innovative designs and engravings. Trained as an architect, decorator, and engraver, he established a printshop in Orléans around 1549, where he began producing influential suites of engravings, starting with triumphal arches. His...