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Design for a Naumachia, in the gardens at Chateau d'Enghien, Belgium
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Design for a Naumachia, in the gardens at Chateau d'Enghien, Belgium

Charles de Wailly

1782

Medium

Watercolor over charcoal underdrawing

Dimensions

Sight: 12 × 14 in. (30.5 × 35.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Charles de Wailly

1729–1798 • France

Won the Grand Prix d'Architecture in 1752. Pensionnaire of the French Academy in Rome from 1754 to 1756. Member of the Académie Royale d'Architecture (1767) and the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture (1771). In the early stage of his career, de Wailly was known as an ornament designer and decorator. He published engravings of his designs for vases and furniture, and he worked on Ange Jacques Gabriel's Opéra at Versailles (1767-1700) as well as on some stage settings for Servandoni. Later on, he expanded his career to include urban planning and public and private civil architecture. French architect. Comment on works: Architect; Ornamental engraver; Draftsman; Decorative artist

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