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Two designs for the faca…
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Charles PERCIER and Pierre FONTAINE
Two designs for the faca…
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Lot no. 237
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Charles PERCIER and Pierre FONTAINE
Two designs for the facades and elevations of the Imperial Palace on the Perrache peninsula, including the garden facade.
Two drawings, pen and black and grey ink, grey wash, watercolour, on black stone lines.
51 x 117 cm
One titled (tears).
Attached:
Pentagonal plan of the imperial palace on the Sainte Foy mountain in Lyon.
Two plans for the imperial palace in Lyon, one with a chapel and theatre
Three drawings, pen and black ink, watercolour, over black stone lines, on tracing paper.
31.5 x 44.5 cm and 32.5 x 46 cm
Annotated.
(Damage and missing parts).
The two façade designs are similar to those reproduced in lot 232, album "Palais Impériaux Projets", pl. 52 and 53, Façade [...] d'un Palais impérial, du côté de l'entrée, dans la presqu'île Perrache à Lyon, Projet n° 23.
The pentagonal plan is similar to the one reproduced in the same lot, pl. 55, Plan général d'un palais impérial sur la Montagne de Ste Foix [...] à Lyon, Projet n°24.
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Pierre François Léonard FONTAINE, and his times - Unpublished drawings
75009 Paris - France
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