Architectural Fantasy: A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid, Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759, Brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk on off-white laid paper with additions at top and bottom, lined with cardboard and border of blue laid paper, In the foreground are ruins of a classical temple - a broken column and a pedestal. Stairs lead up to a sepulchral monument and to an altar where a sacrifice is being conducted. In the distance are two free-standing monumental columns as well as a truncated pyramid crowned by a circular temple. The sheet is enlarged at the bottom and slightly laterally by an L.L. who signed the original drawing., France, mid-18th century, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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Architectural Fantasy, Circular Temple, Truncated Pyramid, Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759, Brush, gray, brown wash, black chalk, off-white laid paper, additions, top, bottom, lined, cardboard, border, blue laid paper, foreground, ruins, classical temple -, broken column, pedestal, Stairs lead up, sepulchral monument, altar, sacrifice, conducted, distance, two free-standing monumental columns, well, truncated pyramid crowned, circular temple, sheet, enlarged, bottom, slightly laterally, L.L, signed, original drawing, France, mid-18th century, architecture, Drawing, Drawing
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