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View of the Casino del Caffé in Parma
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View of the Casino del Caffé in Parma

Medium

Pen and ink with watercolor

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 13/16 in. (21 × 32.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2014

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Ennemond Alexandre Petitot

1727–1801France

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, act. in Parma, Italy. Comment on works: Architect; Engraver; Draftsman