Sepulchral Chamber
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Follower of
content: Charles Percier, French, 1764–1838
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The sheet depicts an interior of a cross-shaped space with an open skylight. The interior is viewed through the entrance into the space. Inside, the walls are punctured with niches occupied by urns. Sepulchral monument with sarcophagus, which in turn supports a statue of a reclining young man holding an open book stands at the center of the room. The monument is positioned before the rear vaulted wall. There is a depiction of a seated saint in profile at the upper register of the wall. There is an illegible inscription on the monument. In front of the monument, directly below the skylight, is a circular floor fountain.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-104
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 40.4 x 30.5 cm (15 7/8 x 12 in.)