The Architect

ca. 1529–57

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Geometry is captured in the process of inscribing a five-pointed star within a circle. Behind her sit classical ruins, while the fruits of her imagination appear on the left. Reverdy conveys the integral role of drawing and graphic measurement in the production of architecture. The reflexivity of depicting the process of creation is a common trope in European prints with mathematical themes from this period.

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Title: The Architect
Artist: Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529–57)
Date: ca. 1529–57
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 3 1/16 × 4 3/8 in. (7.8 × 11.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
Object Number: 64.568.10
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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