Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des XVeme. Et XVIeme. Siecles: Chateaux de France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 52, Château De Fay (Maine)

This lithograph by Victor Petit documents the Château de Fay in Maine, a French Renaissance structure from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as part of his comprehensive portfolio surveying picturesque French architectural monuments of that period. Petit employs the refined technique of lithography with tint stone to capture the château's ornamental details and spatial relationships, creating subtle gradations of tone that enhance the romantic, antiquarian qualities of the architecture. The work exemplifies the nineteenth century scholarly interest in preserving and cataloguing France's medieval and Renaissance heritage through artistic reproduction.