Design for a Naumachia, in the gardens at Château d'Enghien, Belgium
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Catalogue
- Year
- 1782
- Medium
- Watercolor over charcoal
- Dimensions
- Sight: 12 × 14 in. (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Charles de Wailly
Artist
Charles de Wailly was a French architect and urbanist, and furniture designer, one of the principals in the Neoclassical revival of the Antique. His major work was the Théâtre de l'Odéon for the Comédie-Française (1779–82). In his designs, de Wailly showed a predilection for the perfect figure, the circle.
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- Charles de Wailly
- Year
- 1782
- Medium
- Watercolor over charcoal
- Dimensions
- Sight: 12 × 14 in. (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1782-334148
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified