drawing;
architectural drawing
- Museum number
- 1972,U.799
- Description
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Château du Louvre: the north end of the ballroom (now Salle des Caryatides), opposite the tribunal, with musicians' tribune supported by four marble caryatids (the Caryatids' Tribune), and central doorway behind
Pen and black ink with grey wash, touched with watercolour; on vellum
- Production date
- 1570 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 513 millimetres
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Width: 746 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1972,U.793 for comment on series.
For further comment on the Louvre drawings see Boudon/Mignot, 'Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau', Paris 2010, pp.36-47.
When Du Cerceau drew the Caryatids the tribune was not built yet; it is likely he used a drawing made by the architect.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1972,U.799
