Design for a Pulpit
Louis Gustave Taraval
18th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and brown, gray, and blue washes, over black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions
sheet: 16 13/16 x 10 9/16 in. (42.7 x 26.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008
Accession Number
2008.538.2
Tags
SculptureArchitecture
About the Artist
Louis Gustave Taraval · 1738–1794
Taraval served as inspector for the Bâtiments du Roi. According to Macmillan, he was influential in the publication of several important architects, including Pierre Contant D'Ivry and Jean François Chalgrin.