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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

Tags

ArchitectureColumns

Dimensions

sheet: 16 7/8 x 10 9/16 in. (42.9 x 26.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Louis Gustave Taraval

1738–1794 • SwedenFrance

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.

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