Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (recto

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Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (recto); Studies for the Same Figure (verso), 1821, Graphite, heightened with white, squared in graphite, on beige paper, Sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30 x ), Drawings, Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol (French, Valenciennes 1785–1861 Paris), The compositional shape of this preparatory drawing reflects the destination of the finished work: a pendentive—the triangular section of vaulting where a dome connects to supporting arches below—in a chapel devoted to Saint Roch in the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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