EditorialThe Marquis de Vandi?res, Abb? Jean-Bernard Le Blanc, Germain Soufflot, and Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the Younger, ca. 1750, Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, 11 15/16 x 8 1/4in. (30.4 x 21cm), Drawings, Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, Comunanza...
EditorialElevation of the Facade of the H?tel de Montholon, Paris, 1785?86, Pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray and blue wash. Two framing lines in pen and black ink around image and inscription., 18 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (47 x 69.2 cm), Jean Jacques Lequeu (...
EditorialFrance. Paris. The Pantheon (1758-1790). Secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens. BuiIt by Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780) and Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829) in Neoclassicism style. Surmounted by a dome.
EditorialThe Pantheon in Paris. Originally, the building with the classic cupola was a church, in fulfilment of a vow by Louis XV. Later it became the mausoleum for the Great of France.