A Triumphal Arch with Caparisoned Horses and Ornamented Pinnacles

c. 1570

Jacques Androuet Ducerceau I

Associated Names
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau

Artist, French, 1520 - 1585/1586

The image shows an architectural structure with arches, statues, and decorative horses. There are three barrel-vaulted arches with intricate moldings and statues of mythical figures. Above the arches is a cornice with three stylized spires adorned with relief carvings and medallions. At the top, there are three detailed statues of rearing horses above entrances. The drawing is rendered in precise linework, typical of neoclassical or Renaissance-inspired architectural studies.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash over traces of graphite on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.6 x 62.4 cm (16 3/8 x 24 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.107.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Scottish country house; David Thomson (architectural historian), London; Dutch Foundation; (sale, Christie's London, 4 July 2006); purchased 2006 by NGA.(1)

Provenance according to notes by Andrew Robison.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 26.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 34-35, 275, no. 8.

Wikidata ID

Q64580097

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