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Drawing, Renaissance Monument in Benedictine Church, Fecamp, Normandy

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Auguste-Pierre Sainte-Marie Famin. It is dated 1798 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

Overall: 22.7 x 17.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: A. FAMIN 1798

It is inscribed

Inscribed on the central panel: ETAT DE L'ART VERS 1425; on the base of the left candelabrum: ROUEN; on the right candelabrum: VERNON; across the base of the monument: CE MONUMENT QUI PAROIT ETRE UN TOMBEAU A ETE CONSTRUIT 1425 DANS L'EGLISE / DES BENEDICTINS DE FESCAMPS EN NORMANDIE SOUS LES ORDRES DE ROBERT CHARDI

Cite this object as

Drawing, Renaissance Monument in Benedictine Church, Fecamp, Normandy; Architect: Auguste-Pierre Sainte-Marie Famin (French, 1776 – 1859); France; pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown wash on paper; Overall: 22.7 x 17.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2988

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