Author(s):
demachy, pierre-antoine (paris, 17–09–1723 - paris, 10–09–1807), designer
other title: the colonnade of the louvre seen from the quai du louvre, 1st arrondissement. (dummy title)
date of production: between 1764 and 1770
type(s) of object(s): drawing, graphic arts
name(s): drawing
dimensions - artwork:
height: 23. 6cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - museum master key:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
dimensions - museum assembly:
height: 37cm
width: 48cm
dimensions - old assembly:
height: 32cm
width: 43. 7cm
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inventory number - at the rest of the drawing at the bottom left, handwritten inscriptions in red ink: "i. E. D. 5193 (scratched)". \ inscription in ink
stamp - on the front of the drawing, bottom right, stamp in red ink (432 d): "carnavalet" (scratched). \ inscription in ink
inscription concerning the author - on the front of the montage, at the bottom in the middle, in a frame, printed in black ink: "la colonnade du louvre" / p. A. De machy". \ printing
inventory number - on the front of the monage, bottom right: "d. 5193". \ pencil inscription
iconographic description:
the colonnade of the louvre, 1st arrondissement. In the foreground, the ruins of the old petit-bourbon hotel? in the middle of the ruins: a woman and her child accompanied by a man leaning on a block of stone. Above them and on each side, the remains of a balustrade and on the left, two ionic pillars surmounted by an entablature. In the background, an equestrian statue and in the background the colonnade of the louvre. On the back of the sheet, a sketch representing the peristyle of the louvre. In the foreground, on the left, an ancient column, on the right a balustrade, in the middle a pile of stone from which an equestrian statue emerges and in the background the monumental entrance to the louvre. Date of acquisition: 03–1888
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: d. 5193. Date: Entre 1764 et 1770.
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