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Drawing, Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris
This is a Drawing. It was created by Germain Boffrand. It is dated 1735–36 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black, gray ink, brush and gray wash, gouache, graphite, on three joined sheets of white laid paper, incised for transfer to engraving plate. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This drawing by the French architect Germain Boffrand (1667- 1754) shows an elevation of the bedroom of Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise in his private Parisian residence, Hôtel de Soubise, still standing at 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois in the 3rd Arrondissement. The drawing is a preparatory drawing for engraving as it is incised for transfer and published as Plate LXVI (?) in Boffrand’s architectural treatise, Livre d'architecture contenant les principes generaux de cet art (1745). The drawing shows the bed alcove and a wall with a fireplace. To the left of the fireplace is a new type of paneling invented by Boffrand as previous architectural rules would have had a fake door to match the double paneled door to the right of the fireplace. The stops in the panels are adorned with sculpted cartouches representing the virtues while the overdoor painting represents “Aurora and Cephalus,” (1738-39) by François Boucher to the right, and the “The Marriage of Hercules and Hebe” (1737) by Pierre Charles Trémolière to the left. The design presents a total integrated Rococo interior that unites paintings with interior paneling and ornamental motifs. Boffrand’s architectural designs were particularly instrumental in disseminating French style across continental Europe.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Princely Bedroom.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Drawing, Bed Alcove for the Duc d'Orléans, Palais Royal, Paris, France
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-81
Its dimensions are
29 x 52.4 cm (11 7/16 x 20 5/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermarks, at left: MGIS; at right: bunch of grapes (RPW '60)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: loup de la Chambre a coucher de M. le Prince de Rohan / D.4
Cite this object as
Drawing, Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris; Germain Boffrand (French, 1667 - 1754); France; pen and black, gray ink, brush and gray wash, gouache, graphite, on three joined sheets of white laid paper, incised for transfer to engraving plate; 29 x 52.4 cm (11 7/16 x 20 5/8 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-5
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
