A Triumphal Arch with Caparisoned Horses and Ornamented Pinnacles, c. 1570

Not on View

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2006.107.1

Artists / Makers

Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (artist) French, 1520 - 1585/1586

Image Use

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Provenance

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

1. Provenance according to notes by Andrew Robison.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Thomson, David

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.