Hexagonal Temple in an Italianate Landscape
Louis Gustave Taraval
c. 1780
Medium
pen and black ink with watercolor and gray wash within a border drawn in blue watercolor and pen and black ink on laid paper extensively pricked for transfer
Dimensions
image: 34.8 x 55 cm (13 11/16 x 21 5/8 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 57 cm (14 5/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
William B. O'Neal Fund
Accession Number
1998.28.3
About the Artist
Louis Gustave Taraval · 1738–1794
Taraval served as inspector for the Bâtiments du Roi. According to Macmillan, he was influential in the publication of several important architects, including Pierre Contant D'Ivry and Jean François Chalgrin.