Design for a ceiling of trompe l'oeil sky
second half 19th century
Medium
Graphite, pen and black ink, gouache, and watercolor
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.495
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite preparatory drawing, titled *Design for a Ceiling ofpe l'Oeil Sky*, was created collaboratively by French artists Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eug-Pierre Gourdet in the half of the 19 century. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints (quired via the Dodge Fund in 196), it exemplifies the era's fascination with grand architectural decoration, where illusionistic designs transformed interiors into immersive spaces. Rendered in graphite, pen and black ink, gouache, and watercolor, the work showcases masterful mixed-media techniques that allowed ar...
About the Artist
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet · 1897–1897
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, born Jules Lachaise on September 2, 1836, in Paris, emerged as a prominent French painter and draughtsman specializing in lavish interior decorations during the Second Empire and beyond. Little is known about his early life and formal training, though he married Berthe Gourdet in 1866, forging a close professional partnership with her brother, the decorator Eugène-Pi...