Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling
Medium
pen and white ink, watercolor, and gold paint on wove paper mounted on blue wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 13 9/16 x 19 1/2 in. (34.4 x 49.6 cm) image: 10 1/2 x 14 1/16 in. (26.6 x 35.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.232
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Art Historical Context
This exquisite preparatory drawing, titled *Design for the Painted Decoration a Ceiling*, was created by French artists Jules-Ed-Charles Lachaise Eugène-Pierre Gourdet the mid- to late 19th centuryca. 1830–97). Rendered in pen and white ink, watercolor, shimmering gold paint on wove—then mounted on blue wove for dramatic presentation—it measures 13 9/16 x 19 1/2 inches overall. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints (acquired via the Dodge Fund in 1967), this work exemplifies the meticulous planning behind opulent interior designs of the era. In the 19th ...
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...