Allegorical Figure of the City of Piacenza, for a Pendentive in the Chapel of Saint-Roch, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (recto); Studies for the Same Figure (verso), 1821, Graphite, heightened with white, squared in graphite, on beige paper, Sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30 x 24.2cm), Drawings, Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol (French, Valenciennes 1785–1861 Paris), The compositional shape of this preparatory drawing reflects the destination of the finished work: a pendentive—the triangular section of vaulting where a dome connects to supporting arches below—in a chapel devoted to Saint Roch in the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris
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Allegorical Figure, City, Piacenza, Pendentive, Chapel, Saint-Roch, Church, Saint-Sulpice, Paris, recto, Studies, Figure, verso, 1821, Graphite, heightened, white, squared, graphite, beige paper, Sheet, 11 13/16 x 9 1/2, 30 24.2cm, Drawings, Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, French, Valenciennes, 1785–1861, compositional, shape, preparatory drawing, reflects, destination, finished work, pendentive— triangular, section, vaulting, dome connects, supporting arches, —, chapel devoted, Saint Roch
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