Cross Section of a Baroque Church or Chapel with a Bell-shaped Roof

Unknown

ca. 1650–1725 · pen and ink (partly over graphite) and colored washes · Drawings and Prints

Cross section of a Baroque church or chapel, showing details of the constructrion. The cross section of the walls reveils dense brick work and the cross section of the bell-shaped roof shows the wooden support structure, which reaches all the way into the vase that crowns the building. The interior of the building is characterized by a simple altar with a crucifix, flanked by columns in the Composite order on either side. Below the cross section, a scale has been added.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1650–1725

Medium

pen and ink (partly over graphite) and colored washes

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011