Architectural Capriccio
ca. 1780–1800
Medium
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray, brown, and colored wash
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (30.8 x 25.7 cm) oval
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Accession Number
1971.513.20
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet · 1763–1789
Jean-Henri-Alexandre Pernet (c. 1763–after 1789) was a French artist whose brief career centered on intricate architectural fantasies, capturing the imagination of late 18th-century viewers with his masterful use of watercolor and gouache. Born around 1763, Pernet's early life remains sparsely documented, though records from 1783 place him at age twenty, living with his family on the Rue d’Argente...