Plan and Rendering of the Temple of Solomon

1619

Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

This is a drawing of an architectural design for a domed building. The drawing features a hexagonal building with a dome on top. The top part of the illustration shows an isometric view of the building with a domed roof, small windows, and a central entryway. Beneath this, there is a floor plan illustrating a circular arrangement of elements inside the structure, with square and rectangular forms suggesting columns or seating around a central nucleus. The drawing includes clear lines, shading, a compass rose at the bottom right of the plan, and Italian text beneath the isometric view that references the "Tempio di Salomone."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper [restrike]

  • Credit Line

    Transferred from The Library of Congress

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 71 × 46.5 cm (27 15/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.50.196

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 341, State (restrike)

  • Series Title

    Guide Book to Buildings in the Holy Land: pl.28

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1924

  • Lieure, J. Jacques Callot. 5 vols. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1924-1927. Reprint. 8 vols. New York: Collectors' Editions, 1969.

Wikidata ID

Q74874183

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