An Architectural Capriccio

Luc Vincent Thiery de Sainte Colombe

1772 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Luc Vincent Thiery de Sainte Colombe was a lawyer and art collector in 18th-century Paris who also drew and made etchings. This etched capriccio, or imaginary combination of architectural motifs, is based on a pen and ink drawing, also by Thiery de Sainte Colombe, which shows the same composition in reverse. For the drawing, see 2017.707.1.

Artist

Luc Vincent Thiery de Sainte Colombe

Date

1772

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Astrid C. Sanai, in memory of Sassan Sanai MD, 2017