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Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris
Germain Boffrand1735–36
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
The elevation shows the bed alcove, seen from the side left, and set in beside one (of a pair) Corinthian columns. The rest of the interior shows a fireplace, center, and a double paneled door at the right. The wooden paneling is richly carved and painted, as indicated for the over-doors and the panel at left of the fireplace.
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- Title: Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris
- Creator: Germain Boffrand
- Creator Lifespan: 1667/1754
- Date Created: 1735–36
- Physical Dimensions: w524 x h291 cm
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray wash, gouache over graphite, on three joined sheets of white laid paper, incised for transfer to engraving plate
- Provenance: From the Léchener Collection (according to Decloux: not in Lugt); from the Collection of Léon Decloux (acquired before 1906)
- Paper Support: Three joined sheets of white laid paper
- Markings: Watermarks: at left: MGIS; at right: bunch of grapes (RPW '60)
- Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: loup de la Chambre a coucher de M. le Prince de Rohan / D.4
- Exhibitions: Montreal, Canada - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. "Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750," December 6,1999 - April 9, 2000.New York, NY- CHNDM. "The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource," March 26,1991- August 30, 1992. (Exhibited in second rotation, March 26, 1991- August 30, 1991.)Williamstown, MA - Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. "François LeMoyne," April 4 - June 13, 1987.Hartford, CT - Wadsworth Atheneuem. "In the Antique Taste: Carle Vanloo's Offering to Love," February 4 - April 4, 1982.New York, NY- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. "More than Meets the Eye," November 15,1977 - March 15, 1978.London - Victoria and Albert Museum. "An American Museum of Decorative Art and Design," June 1 - August 1, 1973. (Also shown at the Brooklyn Museum December 1973-February 1974.)London - Royal Academy of Arts, "France in the Eighteenth Century," January 6 - March 3, 1968.New York, NY - CUM. "Five Centuries of Drawing," The Cooper Union Centennial Exhibition. Selected and arranged by The Cooper Union Museum, organized by The American Federation of Arts. November 11, 1959 - November 11, 1961.Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Age of Elegance: The Rococo and Its Effect," April 25 - June 14, 1959.Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Museum of Art. "Interpretations of Architecture in Drawings and Prints..." December 15, 1939 - January 10, 1940.New York, NY - "Downtown District Committee for Cooperation with the New York World's Fair," May 20 - May 24, 1939.New London, CT - Lyman Allyn Museum. "Fourth Anniversary Exhibition: Drawings," March 2 - April 15, 1936.
- Dimensions: 29 x 52.4 cm (11 7/16 x 20 5/8 in.)
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