Architectural Fantasy: Bridge and Monuments
date: label: Date
content: 1745–50
name: label: Architect
content: Charles Michel-Ange Challe, French, 1718 – 1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In this architectural fantasy, an arched bridge ornamented with a sculptural monument transitions into a grandiose palace, to the left. The palace, viewed from an oblique angle, has twin porticos. In the background, a domed and colonnaded building is visible in the distance. Through the arch of the bridge appear steps, another monument, and number small-scale figures.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1911-28-511
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gray brown wash, over black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38.6 x 23.1 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)