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Victor Petit — Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 74, Galerie Ruinée D'Un Château, d'aprés un vieux dessin

Victor Petit

Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 74, Galerie Ruinée D'Un Château, d'aprés un vieux dessin

1860

Capturing architectural decay with romantic sensibility, this lithograph depicts ruined gallery remains based on an earlier drawing, preserving layers of historical documentation. The work exemplifies 19th-century France's melancholic fascination with its crumbling medieval past.

Medium
lithograph with tint stone, from portfolio of 100 lithographs with tint stone

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Victor Petit, Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 74, Galerie Ruinée D'Un Château, d'aprés un vieux dessin, 1860

Capturing architectural decay with romantic sensibility, this lithograph depicts ruined gallery remains based on an earlier drawing, preserving layers of historical documentation. The work exemplifies 19th-century France's melancholic fascination with its crumbling medieval past.

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

Monochrome, French, 19th Century, Historical, Decorative, Architectural Drawing, Castle, Architecture, Lithograph, Romantic

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