
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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