Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 51, Château De Jumillac (Dordogne)
1860
This lithograph with tint stone depicts the Château de Jumièges in Dordogne, France, rendered in the picturesque architectural style favored during the 19th century. Created by Victor Petit as plate 51 from his comprehensive portfolio of 100 lithographs documenting French Renaissance châteaux from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the work exemplifies the medium's capacity for detailed architectural documentation combined with atmospheric tonal effects. The tint stone technique allows Petit to suggest depth and shadow while preserving the crisp linear definition essential to conveying the structure's ornamental details and distinctive silhouette.
- 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's detailed architectural etchings and lithographs of French historical structures share Petit's meticulous line work and romantic atmospheric qualities, capturing stone buildings with similar tonal depth and documentary precision.
Samuel Prout
British · b. 1783
Prout specialized in picturesque lithographs of medieval and Renaissance European architecture, particularly French châteaux and civic buildings, using comparable tint stone techniques to evoke the same romantic historical mood found in Petit's work.
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
French · b. 1814
Viollet-le-Duc produced richly detailed architectural illustrations of French medieval and Renaissance monuments with the same spirit of historical preservation and documentary accuracy that defines Petit's château lithograph series.
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