Section of a "Galerie dans le palais d'un souverain"
ca. 1791
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and pink wash
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 17 13/16 in. (24.8 x 45.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman, 1970
Accession Number
1970.736.27
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent imagination of late 18th-century France with *Section of a "Gie dans le palais d souverain"* by Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, around 1791. This exquisite drawing captures a grand gallery within a sovereign's palace, showcasing towering arches and classical columns that evoke the splendor of royal interiors. Normand, a skilled French architect and engraver specialized in ornamental and architectural designs, blending symmetry and grandeur in the neoclassical style popular during the Ancien Régime's final years. Rendered in pen and black ink with delicate brush and gray a...