Design for the Interior Cupola of a Domed Chapel, Farnborough, England
Medium
Watercolor, gilt, pen and gray ink, graphite
Dimensions
13 9/16 x 18 13/16 in. (34.4 x 47.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.19
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite architectural drawing, titled *Design for the Interior Cup of a Domed Chapel Farnborough, England*, created between 1880 and 1886 by French designers Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eug-Pierre Gourdet. It a meticulously rendered vision for the chapel's soaring dome interior, capturing the grandeur of Victorian-era ecclesiastical architecture in England. Farnborough, home to a historic Benedictine abbey, reflects the era's blend of Gothic Revival influences and continental flair, likely commissioned amid renovations that emphasized ornate domes as symbols of spiritual aspiration. Ren...
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...