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Project for the Carrouse…
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Charles PERCIER and Pierre FONTAINE
Project for the Carrouse…
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Lot no. 240
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Charles PERCIER and Pierre FONTAINE
Project for the Carrousel Arch
Pen and black ink, grey and brown wash, watercolour.
78 x 80 cm
Old label on back Arc de Triomphe / Arc du / dessin / par C. Percier / Appartient à Mr A. Meunié / architecte / rue de Florence 12.
This very careful elevation highlights the polychromy of this monument: an unprecedented choice, which surprised contemporaries. It was dictated both by new archaeological knowledge and by the opportunity to use the Caunes-Minersois marble columns originally planned for the Grand Trianon, while accompanying the group of Venetian horses with bronze capitals and bases.
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Pierre François Léonard FONTAINE, and his times - Unpublished drawings
75009 Paris - France
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11/21/2025 : 11:00 AM
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