Elevation en perspective d'une colonne destinée pour la Sépultre d'une Reine
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot
1746–50
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 9 7/16 x 12 13/16 in. (24 x 32.5 cm) sheet: 11 5/8 x 18 13/16 in. (29.6 x 47.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Adrian T. Eeles Gift, 2010
Accession Number
2010.257
Tags
ArchitectureHuman Figures
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,...