Design for gothic archway and cross
19th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash, graphite.
Dimensions
sheet: 11 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (28.9 x 15.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1178
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century drawing created by an anonymous German artist, presents a refined design for a Gothic archway crowned with a cross. Rendered on a modest sheet measuring 11 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches, it the ornamental architecture sketches prized in museum collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art's of Drawings and Prints. through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 7, the work captures the intricate tracery and pointed arches characteristic of Gothic Revival aesthetics, evoking the grandeur of medieval cathedrals. The artist employed a masterful mixed-media technique: precise pen and b...