Design for a Stage Curtain: The Interior of an Elaborate Temple Dedicated to Illustrious Men
Medium
pen and gray ink with gray and gray-brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 37 × 39.8 cm (14 9/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
William B. O'Neal Fund
Accession Number
2014.53.1
About the Artist
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot · 1727–1801
Recipient of the Grand Prix in 1745. Court architect to the Bourbons of Parma. Became a citizen of Parma in 1758. Elected a member of the Académie royale d'architecture (France) in Paris in 1762. Macmillan mentions that Petitot worked as urban planner, inventor of decorative displays, technician of hydraulic engineering, engraver and planner of festivals. French architect, printmaker and designer,...