A palace for Louis XVI : Jean Augustin Renard at Rambouillet
A floor plan for a royal palace that has until now been attributed to the French architect Jacques Charles Bonnard (1765-1818) was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in 1970. The uniqueness of its layout and the inscription "côté du canal" along one...
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| Published in | Metropolitan Museum journal Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 84 - 95 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.01.2016
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| Summary: | A floor plan for a royal palace that has until now been attributed to the French architect Jacques Charles Bonnard (1765-1818) was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in 1970. The uniqueness of its layout and the inscription "côté du canal" along one of the facades contradict the suggestion written in pencil in the lower right corner of the sheet that the plan represents an unrealized project for Versailles. Close study of this sheet, particularly in its relationship to two groups of drawings that have recently come to light, permits a firm attribution of the drawing to the French architect Jean Augustin Renard (1744-1807) and identification of its subject as the third and final proposal presented in 1783 to Louis XVI for a reconstruction of the Château de Rambouillet, a project that ultimately was never carried out. [Publication Abstract] |
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| Bibliography: | content type line 23 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 |
| ISSN: | 0077-8958 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/691107 |