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Victor Petit — Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des xveme. Et xvieme. Siecles: Chateaux De France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 32, Château D'Azay-Le-Rideau (Indre et Loire)

Victor Petit

Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des xveme. Et xvieme. Siecles: Chateaux De France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 32, Château D'Azay-Le-Rideau (Indre et Loire)

1860

This lithograph with tint stone depicts the Château d'Azay le Rideau, a Renaissance masterpiece located in Indre et Loire, France, as part of Victor Petit's ambitious portfolio documenting French architectural monuments from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The delicate tinted lithography technique captures the château's elegant façade and its picturesque setting, reflecting the nineteenth century romantic appreciation for medieval and Renaissance heritage. As plate 32 from a portfolio of 100 works, this print exemplifies Petit's scholarly approach to architectural documentation while celebrating the ornamental richness characteristic of French Renaissance design.

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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. 32, Château D'Azay-Le-Rideau (Indre et Loire), 1860

This lithograph with tint stone depicts the Château d'Azay le Rideau, a Renaissance masterpiece located in Indre et Loire, France, as part of Victor Petit's ambitious portfolio documenting French architectural monuments from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The delicate tinted lithography technique captures the château's elegant façade and its picturesque setting, reflecting the nineteenth century romantic appreciation for medieval and Renaissance heritage. As plate 32 from a portfolio of 100 works, this print exemplifies Petit's scholarly approach to architectural documentation while celebrating the ornamental richness characteristic of French Renaissance design.

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

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French Renaissance château, 19th Century, Historical preservation, Decorative Arts, French Artist, Romanticism, Monochrome print, Picturesque Aesthetic, Architectural engraving, Detailed documentation

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