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Victor Petit — Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 90, Tour de Buffon à Montbard (Côte d'Or)

Victor Petit

Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 90, Tour de Buffon à Montbard (Côte d'Or)

1860

Dedicated to the naturalist Buffon, this tower at Montbard represents both medieval fortification and Enlightenment legacy. The lithograph's careful rendering highlights the cylindrical tower's solid masonry construction against the surrounding landscape.

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. 90, Tour de Buffon à Montbard (Côte d'Or), 1860

Dedicated to the naturalist Buffon, this tower at Montbard represents both medieval fortification and Enlightenment legacy. The lithograph's careful rendering highlights the cylindrical tower's solid masonry construction against the surrounding landscape.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Print, Monochrome, French, Ornate, Tint Stone, Landscape, Architecture, Historical Documentation, Lithograph

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