Sarcophage de Scipion

by Ecole Des Beaux-Arts

$900 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fascinating and beautiful drawing--or rendu --of an ancient Roman sarcophagus. A fine drawing from an architectural student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the most influential architectural school in existence during much of the 18th century, the whole of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. 'Students were eligible for the Ecole if they were at least fifteen years old, or under thirty. They began with the seconde classe, in which they competed in

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