Design for the decoration of a ceiling with circular medallions
Medium
graphite and watercolor on laid paper; mounted on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 5/16 x 14 13/16 in. (26.2 x 37.6 cm) image: 6 x 7 1/16 in. (15.3 x 17.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.251
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 19-century French interior design with exquisite preparatory drawing, * for the Decoration of a Ceiling with Circular Medall*, created collaboratively by Jules-EdmondCharles Lachaise andène-Pierre Gourdet between1830 and 1897. Rendered on paper and mounted on wove for preservation, work showcases a precise layout elegant circular medallions— intended for a grand architectural ceiling. These motifs, common in the era's lavish homes and public spaces, evoke the neoclassical revival and romantic flourish of the July Monarchy and beyond, where ornate ceilings symboli...
About the Artist
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet · 1897–1897
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, born Jules Lachaise on September 2, 1836, in Paris, emerged as a prominent French painter and draughtsman specializing in lavish interior decorations during the Second Empire and beyond. Little is known about his early life and formal training, though he married Berthe Gourdet in 1866, forging a close professional partnership with her brother, the decorator Eugène-Pi...