drawing;
architectural drawing
- Museum number
- 1972,U.895
- Description
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Château de Dampierre, bird's eye view (from South) showing the pond, a small water-mill and figures on a walkway near the foreground; beyond, the château with formal gardens behind, a dovecote and plantation towards the left, parkland in the distance
Pen and black ink with grey wash, touched with watercolour; on vellum
- Production date
- 1570 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 511 millimetres
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Width: 751 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of seven drawings (on three sheets) on the Château de Dampierre 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.222-227.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2017 15 Mar-24 Jul, Paris, Grand Palais, Jardins
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1972,U.895