Jean-Augustin Renard architectural drawings, 1778.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Renard, Jean Augustin, 1744-1807.

Contributor:

Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Renard, Jean Augustin, 1744-1807.

Renard, Jean Augustin.

Architects--France--18th century.

Architects.

Architects--Archives.

Architectural drawing--France--18th century.

Architectural drawing.

Architecture, Roman--Pompeii.

Architecture, Roman.

Classical archaeology--18th century.

Classical archaeology.

Pompeii (Extinct city)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Pompeii (Extinct city).

Genre:

Architectural drawings -- French.

Physical Description:

4 drawings : ink on paper.

Other Title:

Jean-Augustin Renard collection.

Place of Publication:

1778.

Biography/History:

Jean Augustin Renard (1744-1807) won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1773 and studied architecture in Rome, 1774-1780. He published Études de Fragments d'Architecture in Paris in 1783.

Summary:

The collection comprises four architectural drawings on two sheets documenting three archaeological sites in Pompeii, a Doric Temple, the so-called Villa of Arrius Diomedes, and the Cenotaph of Diomedes. The drawings were executed in 1778 while Renard was studying in Rome.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

Finding Aid/Index:

Printed finding aid available at the Architectural Archives. For electronic finding aid see Web Link.

This collection is indexed (with electronic access to selected images) in Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a searchable database of architectural research materials. See Web Link.

Cited as:

Jean-Augustin Renard Collection, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania.

Access Restriction:

Collection available for research by appointment only.

Online:

Finding Aid

Philadelphia Architects and Buildings