Who created "Plan for a Menagerie"?

Plan for a Menagerie was created by Charles Percier in ca. 1783.

When was "Plan for a Menagerie" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1783.

What medium is "Plan for a Menagerie"?

Plan for a Menagerie is Pen and black ink, watercolor.

Is "Plan for a Menagerie" in the public domain?

Yes, Plan for a Menagerie is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Plan for a Menagerie

Charles Percier

ca. 1783

Medium

Pen and black ink, watercolor

Dimensions

20 5/8 x 17 15/16 in. (52.4 x 45.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1970

Accession Number

1970.736.66

Art Historical Context

**Plan for a Menagerie***Charles Percier,. 1783* Pen and black ink,, 20 5/8 x 17 15/16 in. (52.4 x 45.6 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, York Step into the imaginative world of late 18th-century France with Charles Percier's *Plan for a Menagerie a delicate architectural drawing created around 1783. At just 19, Percier—later a leading neoclassical designer famed for his work with Pierre Fontaine on Napoleonic interiors—sketched this elegant blueprint for an exotic animal enclosure. Rendered in precise pen and black ink with vibrant watercolor washes, the sheet captures a fanciful pav...

About the Artist

Charles Percier · 1764–1838

Charles Percier (1764–1838) rose from humble origins in Paris, where his mother laundered for Marie-Antoinette and his father served as a porter at the Tuileries Palace, to become one of France's most influential neoclassical architects and designers. From age twelve, he attended a free drawing school for indigent students, honing his skills in the studio of painter Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée be...

Plan for a Menagerie

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