David and Goliath, after a Capital in Vézelay Abbey

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

ca. 1840 · Graphite · Drawings and Prints

A sketch in graphite of the biblical figures David and Goliath portrayed in medieval garb. The sketch is inspired by a carving on a capital in the medieval cathedral at Vézeley. David, at left, brandishes a sling shot while Goliath, wearing chain mail, holds a shield and a spear. Viollet-le-duc studied architecture as well as geology and was responsible for the, sometimes creative, restoration of many medieval buildings This quick sketch, probably made in a sketchbook, depicts two figures carved on the capital of a column in the Vézeley Cathedral, a church in Burgundy that he was charged with restoring in 1840..

Artist

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

Graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Asher Ethan Miller, in honor of Eric G. Carlson, 2016