drawing;
architectural drawing
- Museum number
- 1972,U.853
- Description
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Château de Blois, bird's eye view of the chateau from the North, on the right a bridge over moat leading to the gardens (the latter not represented here), roof of St Calais's chapel visible beyond South wing
Pen and black ink with grey wash, touched with watercolour; on vellum
- Production date
- 1570 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 510 millimetres
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Width: 746 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of seven drawings (on six sheets) on the Château de Blois drawn by Du Cerceau for this album; see 1972,U.793 for comment on whole series.
For further comment see Boudon/Mignot, 'Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau', Paris 2010, pp.140-149.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1972,U.853