David and Goliath, after a Capital in Vézelay Abbey
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..
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..
Artwork Details
- Title: David and Goliath, after a Capital in Vézelay Abbey
- Artist: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French, Paris 1814–1879 Lausanne)
- Date: ca. 1840
- Medium: Graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 13/16 in. (18.1 × 14.7 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Asher Ethan Miller, in honor of Eric G. Carlson, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.105
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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