Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon
Medium
Pen and black and gray ink with brush and gray and beige wash. Framing lines in pen and black ink.
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 7 3/4 in. (23.7 x 19.7 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
1970.736.44
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite architectural drawing, titled *Section and Plan of the Dining Room of the Hôtel Montholon*, was created 1785–86 by Jean-Jacques Lequeu and Françoisfflot le Neveu. Lequeu, a visionary architect celebrated for his intricate and imaginative designs, collaborated with Soufflot le Neveunephew of the famed Neoclassical architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot— the opulent final years of the Ancien Régime. The depicts precise plans and cross-sections of an intimate dining space in a grand Parisian hôtel particulier, a luxurious townhouse emblematic of aristocratic refinement just before the ...