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Architectural Fantasy: A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid

Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759mid-18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

In the foreground are ruins of a classical temple - a broken column and a pedestal. Stairs lead up to a sepulchral monument and to an altar where a sacrifice is being conducted. In the distance are two free-standing monumental columns as well as a truncated pyramid crowned by a circular temple. The sheet is enlarged at the bottom and slightly laterally by an L.L. who signed the original drawing.

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  • Title: Architectural Fantasy: A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid
  • Creator: Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759
  • Date Created: mid-18th century
  • Location Created: France
  • Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
  • Medium: Brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk on off-white laid paper with additions at top and bottom, lined with cardboard and border of blue laid paper
  • Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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