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Victor Petit — Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 70, Manoir De Villechétive (Nièvre)
Victor Petit

Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 70, Manoir De Villechétive (Nièvre)

1860

This lithograph with tint stone depicts the Manoir de Villechétive in the Nièvre department of France, capturing the architectural character of a fifteenth or sixteenth century French country manor house. The work is plate 70 from Victor Petit's ambitious portfolio "Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles," an extensive series of 100 prints documenting the picturesque châteaux and fortified residences of Renaissance France. Petit's use of tint stone produces subtle atmospheric effects and tonal variations that enhance the romantic qualities of this historical structure.

Medium
lithograph with tint stone, from portfolio of 100 lithographs with tint stone
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Charles Meryon

French · b. 1821

Meryon produced meticulous printmaking series documenting historic French architecture with the same documentary precision and Romantic sensibility seen in Petit's lithographs, capturing aged stone structures with atmospheric tonal depth and nostalgic reverence for medieval and Renaissance built heritage.

Samuel Prout

British · b. 1783

Prout specialized in picturesque lithographic views of historic European architecture, particularly aged Gothic and Renaissance buildings rendered with delicate tonal washes and textures that closely parallel Petit's use of tint stone to evoke the weathered character of French country manors.

Eugène Viollet le Duc

French · b. 1814

Viollet le Duc produced highly detailed architectural illustrations of medieval and Renaissance French structures with the same scholarly documentation approach and Romantic appreciation for historic preservation that defines Petit's portfolio of châteaux drawings.

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Victor Petit, Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 70, Manoir De Villechétive (Nièvre), 1860

This lithograph with tint stone depicts the Manoir de Villechétive in the Nièvre department of France, capturing the architectural character of a fifteenth or sixteenth century French country manor house. The work is plate 70 from Victor Petit's ambitious portfolio "Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles," an extensive series of 100 prints documenting the picturesque châteaux and fortified residences of Renaissance France. Petit's use of tint stone produces subtle atmospheric effects and tonal variations that enhance the romantic qualities of this historical structure.

Medium
lithograph with tint stone, from portfolio of 100 lithographs with tint stone
Year
1860
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French Renaissance châteaux, Historic Preservation, Documentary, 19th Century, Architectural illustration, Nostalgic Mood, French Artist, Romanticism, Engraving, Picturesque Aesthetic

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Charles Meryon, Samuel Prout, Eugène Viollet le Duc

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Cleveland Museum of Art