Veduta del Boschetto d'Arcadia dalla parte del Tempio
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. (28.6 x 41.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2008
Accession Number
2008.42
Tags
Human FiguresTemplesTrees
About the Artist
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot · 1727–1801
Recipient of the Grand Prix in 1745. Court architect to the Bourbons of Parma. Became a citizen of Parma in 1758. Elected a member of the Académie royale d'architecture (France) in Paris in 1762. Macmillan mentions that Petitot worked as urban planner, inventor of decorative displays, technician of hydraulic engineering, engraver and planner of festivals. French architect, printmaker and designer,...