Manchester Art Gallery

L'Hemicycle du Palais des Beaux Arts


L'Hemicycle du Palais des Beaux Arts

Summary

A large number of male figures lined up to each side of a central dais. In the background is a line of columns with ionic capitals. On the dais at the centre are three throned male figures, facing the viewer, and four female figures on the steps below, two to each side and seen in profile facing each other. At the foot of the steps is a seated female figure holding laurel wreaths.


Object Name

L'Hemicycle du Palais des Beaux Arts

Date Created

1863

Dimensions

support (trimmed): 262.6cm x 50.1cm

accession number

1882.142

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, print
foreign

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)

Credit

Transferred from the Royal Manchester Institution.


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