Design for a Fountain with the Three Graces
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/4 in. × 7 in. (27.3 × 17.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, in memory of Walter E. Stait, 2014
Accession Number
2014.639
Tags
About the Artist
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau|Christoph Jamnitzer|Guglielmo della Porta|Germain Pilon · 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...