A Classical Temple

Louis Gustave Taraval, c. 1780

This is a drawing of a neoclassical architectural structure. The structure features a grand domed building elevated on a series of broad steps, with tall Corinthian columns supporting an entablature that is decorated… · description from the collection

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Artist: Louis Gustave Taraval ¹
Date: c. 1780 ¹
Medium: pen and black ink with gray, brown, and green washes on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,928 × 3,956 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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