Design for a Man's Tomb
Medium
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions
sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (44.1 x 29.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.19.25
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite *Design for a Man's Tomb*, attributed to the anonymous French artist Jacques Androuet du Cer in the 16th century offers a glimpse into Renaissance architectural ambition. Du Cerceau, a prolific architect and engraver, celebrated for his intricate designs of buildings, ornaments, and funerary monuments, blending classical motifs with French Gothic remnants. Created on a modest sheet measuring 17 3/8 x 11 5/8 inches, this drawing likely served as a preparatory study for a grand sepulcher, evoking the era's fascination with eternal legacy through monumental stonework. Executed in ...