Preparatory drawing for the central part of the ceiling of the Salon des Arcades, François-Édouard Picot, 1842

Preparatory drawing for the central part of the ceiling of the salon des arcades of the former hôtel de ville in paris. Tiled drawing. General theme of the ceiling: the great figures of france grouped around the allegory of the city of paris. Nine figures seated to his left, legible pencil inscriptions above the heads of seven of them: sully, bayard, pascal, delorme, montesquieu, corneille and lesueur. Object Type: drawing. Date: 1842. Dimensions: height: 602 mm (23.70 in); width: 920 mm (36.22 in). Medium: graphite on paper. Collection: Musée Carnavalet. François-Édouard Picot - Preparatory drawing for the central part of the ceiling of the Salon des Arcades,1842 - Carnavalet Museum