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Fantasy of an Architectural Ruin
Jean-Henry-Alexandre Pernetca. 1770
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Antique sepulchers and ruins with figures in the foreground are presented in an oval format. A stairway leads to a triumphal arch at right, adjacent to a column. In the distance at left, architectural forms incorporating arches balance the composition. Ruled lines in pen and ink.
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Details
- Title: Fantasy of an Architectural Ruin
- Creator: Jean-Henry-Alexandre Pernet
- Creator Lifespan: 1758/1795
- Date Created: ca. 1770
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and black ink, black and brown wash, watercolor, white gouache graphite on off-white laid paper
- Viewing Notes: Although he never visited Rome, Pernet became an accomplished painter specializing in Roman scenes. Exploiting the popularity of Piranesi's prints of Roman ruins, Pernet constructed views juxtaposing classical ruins and renaissance monuments based on the Italian artist's prints.
- Provenance: from the collection of Leon Decloux
- Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
- Exhibitions: CHNDM - Excavating the Vocabulary of Design: 18th Cnetury Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection. [Ground floor gallery], November 4, 2005 - January 8, 2008.
- Dimensions: 17.8 x 14.7 cm (7 x 5 13/16 in.)
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