Perspective Rendering of the Chateau de Verneuil, France
date: label: Date
content: 1568–75
name: label: Artist
content: Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, French, ca. 1515 - after 1584
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Frontal view of a two-storied architectural structure, with square corner pavilions an additional story in height, enclosing a court. The side nearest the viewer is a single story in height, and is broken by a circular pavilion, surmounted by a dome. The whole structure stands on a high platform whose access is gained by a drawbridge, flanked by guard boxes.
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: 1911-28-72
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 brown ink, brush and blue, gray wash on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42.9 x 54.8 cm (16 7/8 x 21 9/16 in.)