Plan for a Temple of Apollo at Versailles

Gustaf Palmcrantz (1694 - 1715)

Artist/Maker

Made by: Gustaf Palmcrantz (1694 - 1715)

After: Nicodemus Tessin d.y. (1654 - 1728)

DatesMade: c. 1712-1716

Material / Technique

Pen and black ink over graphite, brush and black, wash on white laid paper

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 68,9 x 46,7 cm h x w x d: Ram 75 x 75 x 4 cm

Inventory numberNMH THC 1201

AcqusitionNicodemus Tessin the Younger; Carl Gustaf Tessin. Transferred from Kongl. Museum to Nationalmuseum 1866

Other titlesTitle (sv): Projekt till Apollotempel i Versailles. Plan Title (en): Plan for a Temple of Apollo at Versailles Previous: Project for a Temple of Apollo at Versailles. Elevation

DescriptionCatalogue raisonné: Literature: Ragnar Josephson, Apollotemplet i Versailles, Uppsala Universitets årsskrift 1925, 1, Uppsala 1925; Agneta Börtz-Laine, "Nicodemus Tessin d. y:s projekt till en »Grand pavillon d’Apollon» i Versailles", Konsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art History, Volume 49:3, 1980, pp. 91–107; E. Maisonnier (ed.), Versailles. Architectures rêvées 1660-1815, Paris 2019.

Collection

Architectural drawings (Drawings, Design drawings)

Geographical origin

Geographical connection: Versailles (France)

MaterialPaper