Plan and Elevation of the Capuchin Tabernacle of Luneville
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash over graphite underdrawing.
Dimensions
10 5/16 x 15 5/8 in. (26.2 x 39.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
Accession Number
35.73.29
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the precise world of 18th French architecture with *Plan and Elevation of the Capin Tabernacle of Lune* by Adrian La Touven, created in 1787. This delicate drawing, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints, captures the floor plan and front elevation of a tabernacle—a small, ornate shrine typically used in Catholic churches for housing the Eucharist—designed for the Capuchinars in Lunéville a historic town in Lorraine, France. Measuring just 10 5/16 x 15 5/8 inches, it exemplifies the meticulous planning essential to ecclesiastical projects on the eve of the Fre...