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Victor Petit — Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des xveme. Et xvieme. Siecles: Chateaux De France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 28, Chateau De La Verdiere (Ille en Vilaine)

Victor Petit

Architecture Pittoresque ou Monuments des xveme. Et xvieme. Siecles: Chateaux De France des XV et XVI Siecles: Pl. 28, Chateau De La Verdiere (Ille en Vilaine)

1860

This lithograph documents the Château de La Verdière in Ille-et-Vilaine, part of Victor Petit's comprehensive portfolio surveying French Renaissance and late medieval architecture. Petit's tinted lithographic technique captures the château's picturesque Gothic Revival qualities with careful attention to architectural detail and atmospheric perspective. The work exemplifies 19th century antiquarian interest in preserving and celebrating France's architectural heritage through systematic visual documentation.

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. 28, Chateau De La Verdiere (Ille en Vilaine), 1860

This lithograph documents the Château de La Verdière in Ille-et-Vilaine, part of Victor Petit's comprehensive portfolio surveying French Renaissance and late medieval architecture. Petit's tinted lithographic technique captures the château's picturesque Gothic Revival qualities with careful attention to architectural detail and atmospheric perspective. The work exemplifies 19th century antiquarian interest in preserving and celebrating France's architectural heritage through systematic visual documentation.

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

Castle and fortification, 19th Century, Historical preservation, French Artist, Romanticism, Gothic Revival, Engraving, Picturesque Aesthetic, Architectural Documentation, Plate illustration

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