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Drawing, Temple of Curiosity
This is a Drawing. It was circle of Etienne-Louis Boullée. It is dated ca. 1790 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, blue watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Drawing, A Classical Temple
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, over black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7161
- Drawing, Section, Small Domed Building
- pen and black ink, rose, brown and blue wash, black chalk on paper, with....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7160
- Drawing, First Designs for Ickworth House, Suffolk, England
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7172
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Stage Design, Prison Interior
- pen and black and gray ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-463
- Drawing, Design for a Square with a Palace
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-1093
- Drawing, Project for a Country Villa
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper, lined.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-99
Its dimensions are
20.8 x 42.1 cm (8 3/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: D&C BLAUW
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and black ink, in frieze: TEMPLE DE LA CURIOSITE (the "U" is a rough correction)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Temple of Curiosity; Circle of Etienne-Louis Boullée (French, 1728–1799); France; pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, blue watercolor, graphite on off-white laid paper; 20.8 x 42.1 cm (8 3/16 x 16 9/16 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-463
