Architectural Fantasy with Tomb and Ruins, Plate from "Rovine Inventione de Giovan. Loren, Legeay Architet. Intagliate da lui stesso in Luce 1768"
date: label: Date
content: 1768, published 1770
name: label: Architect
content: Jean-Laurent Legeay, French, ca. 1710–86
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural fantasy. A number of architectural elements scattered across a hilly landscape. In the foreground, at left, is a large scale tomb. A female figure stands in front of the entrance. Next to the altar, at the center, is a pedestal with a statue of Sphinx. Behind it, is an obelisk. To the right of the pedestal, in the foreground, is a semi-circular structure, possibly a fountain. There are figures sitting on top of it. In the far distance, at different elevations, are ruins of classical temples. Tree trunks and tree branches partially cover the structures, esp. towards the edges of the image.
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: Gift of Whitney Warren
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1958-136-1-z
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching
label: Dimensions
content: Plate mark: 16 x 20.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 22 x 30 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)