Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780)
Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780)

细节
Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780)

A View of the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Temple of Saturn on the left and the steps to the Campidoglio in the background, three figures and a broken chariot in the foreground

signed and dated 'Soufflot arch.us Delineabat romae 1737';pen and grey ink, grey wash
334 x 552mm.

拍品专文

Soufflot, the son of a rich merchant of Auxerre, was sent to Rome in 1734 under the protection of the French ambassador, the duc de Saint-Aignan, and was admitted in the French Academy. He left in 1737 to live in Lyon. He is best known as the architect of the Panthéon in Paris