Elevation of the Amphitheatre and Entrance Gate of the Collège des Chirugies, Paris
In this collaborative work, Saint-Aubin’s lively handling of pen and wash lends an animated quality to the figural and ornamental motifs that embellish the otherwise precise architectural drawing by Blondel. A study for an illustration in Blondel’s four-volume Architecture françoise, published between 1752 and 1756, it depicts the courtyard facade of the amphitheater of the Royal Academy of Surgery (Académie royale de chirurgie) in Paris. Above this is an elevation of the portal one passes through when entering the courtyard from the street.
Artwork Details
- Title: Elevation of the Amphitheatre and Entrance Gate of the Collège des Chirugies, Paris
- Artist: Circle of Jacques François Blondel (French, Rouen 1705–1774 Paris)
- Artist: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1752
- Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray and pink wash, over graphite. Verso rubbed with red chalk. Lightly incised. Framing line in pen and black ink.
- Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 8 7/16 in. (37.2 x 21.4 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.736.26
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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