Painted Wall Decor Featuring Three Medallions
Medium
Pen and black ink, gouache
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 11 7/16 in. (23.6 x 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.684.11
Art Historical Context
This delicate drawing, *ed Wall Decor Featuring Three Medallions*, created the 19th century by artists Jules-Edmond-Charles Lise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, a glimpse into the op world of interior design during France's decorative arts renaissance. Rendered pen and black ink withache—an opaque watercolor technique adds vibrant color and luminosity—the work measures a modest 9 5/ x 11 716 inches, making it a precise preparatory study intended for grand architectural panels salons. The composition centers on three elegant medall, circular motifs evoking portraiture or allegorical figures, framed...
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...