Décoration de sallon pour Brunoy (Design for the Interior of the Château de Brunoy)

1781

Jean-Demosthene Dugourc

Associated Names
Jean Démosthène Dugourc

Artist, French, 1749 - 1825

This is a drawing of an interior hall with neoclassical ornamentation. The ceiling features intricate designs with gold accents. The walls have columns, pilasters, art, and decorative elements. Golden sculptures holding candelabrums are placed along the walls. The color scheme consists of soft pastels, whites, and golds. The drawing conveys depth and perspective within the hall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper, laid down on an old album sheet

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.31 × 31.75 cm (10 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.14.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Soieries Tassinari & Chatel, Lyon (not in Lugt). (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 June 1988, no. 44). (sale, Christie's Paris, 5 October 2015, no. 56); David McDonnell, Arlington); gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1909

  • Dubois-Corneau, R. Le comte de Provence à Brunoy (1774-1791), Paris, 1909: 146.

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and brown ink: J. D. Dugourc. del. 1781; by later hand, lower center of mount in pen and brown ink: Décoration de sallon [not deciphered] Brunoy

Markings

sticker for Soieries Tassinari & Chatel, Lyon (not in Lugt).

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