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accession number:	2008.408
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.408
updated:		2023-08-24 00:29:32.632000

Cross Section of the Hôtel de Ville Seen in Perspective Showing the Decoration and Illumination of the Courtyard and Rooms Created on the Occasion of the Ball Given the Night of August 30 and 31, 1739, 1739–1740. Jacques-François Blondel (French, 1705–1744). Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, and watercolor with gouache, over graphite; sheet: 42.9 x 69.5 cm (16 7/8 x 27 3/8 in.); secondary support: 53.9 x 89.6 cm (21 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.408

title:				Cross Section of the Hôtel de Ville Seen in Perspective Showing the Decoration and Illumination of the Courtyard and Rooms Created on the Occasion of the Ball Given the Night of August 30 and 31, 1739
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creation date:			1739–1740
creation date earliest:		1739
creation date latest:		1740
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, and watercolor with gouache, over graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jacques-François Blondel (French, 1705–1744)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 42.9 x 69.5 cm (16 7/8 x 27 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 53.9 x 89.6 cm (21 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	on two sheets of beige laid paper, laid down on multi-ply paperboard, overmounted with decorative border
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper center in black: J. F. BLONDEL
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
This cross-section of a building allows a unique view into a French royal wedding. The partiers are dressed in costume and dance in the Parisian town hall. No expense was spared in the lavish celebration, from flowers to drinks to the elaborate false ceiling painted to look like the sky.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 8, p. 24-25, Reproduced: p. 25
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