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Hôtel de Ville de Rouen, Élévation du Côté de la Place Royale, c. 1778 by Bénard
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Hôtel de Ville de Rouen, Élévation du Côté de la Place Royale, c. 1778 by Bénard The plate presents the formal façade elevation of a proposed Hôtel de Ville (city hall) for Rouen, France, designed by architect Antoine-Mathieu Le Carpentier for a grand square that was ultimately never built, rendered with the precise linework and classical proportion typical of 18th-century French architectural engraving. Bénard directed the plate for Diderot and d'Alembert's celebrated Encyclopédie, reflecting the Enlightenment-era discipline of documenting architecture through exacting technical illustration.
Artist: Bénard, after the design of Antoine-Mathieu Le Carpentier. Date: c. 1778.
Hôtel de Ville de Rouen, Élévation du Côté de la Place Royale. Historic French Architectural Engraving Canvas Print.