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INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES-EDOUARD ISABELLE DRAWINGS OF
ANCIENT SITES IN ITALY, 1826-1827
900096
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Title: Charles-Edouard Isabelle
drawings of ancient sites in Italy
Dates: 1826-1827
Collection Number: 900096
Creator:
Isabelle,
Charles-Edouard, 1800-1880
Extent:
ca. 10 linear ft.
(6 boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: The collection comprises 163 drawings made by the French architect Charles-Edouard Isabelle (1800-1880) during his travels
to Italy and Croatia between 1826 and 1827. Most drawings are of Pompeii. Also present are drawings of other ancient Roman
sites in the Campania and in Pula, Croatia, as well as drawings of medieval architecture in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, and Umbria.
Drawings document floor plans, cross sections, elevations, and detailed renderings of architectural decoration.
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Charles-Edouard Isabelle drawings of ancient sites in Italy,
1826-1827. Research Library, The Getty Research Insititute, Accession no.
900096.
Acquired by the repository in 1990.
The French architect Charles-Edouard Isabelle was born in 1800 in Le
Havre and died in 1880 in Paris. He studied at the École des beaux-arts in
Paris under Achille Leclerc. Between 1824 and 1828 he travelled in
Italy,primarily to Naples, Pompeii, and Tuscany. After his return to France
Isabelle won first prize for his design of the customs building in Rouen. He
taught architecture and constructed the school buildings of the Écoles des arts
et métiers in Châlon and Angers, as well as other structures in Plombières,
Paris, Béziers, and Rouen. His publications include
Parallèle des salles rondes antiques et modernes,
Tombeau de Napoléon, and
Édifices circulaires et dômes.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection comprises 163 drawings made by Isabelle during his
travels in Italy and Croatia. In Italy Isabelle visited Pompeii, Naples,
Pozzuoli, and Benevento in Campania, and various cities in Tuscany,
Emilia-Romagna, and Umbria. In Croatia he visited Pula.
Most drawings are of ancient Roman antiquities, mainly of Pompeii.
Also included are drawings of medieval architecture, especially church
buildings. Drawings are floor plans, cross sections, elevations, or detailed
renderings of architectural decoration. Also present are drawings of sculpture,
and minor arts such as vessels or lampstands.
Drawings are executed in pencil on paper or tracing paper; some in
black or red ink; several are enhanced with watercolor. Most include inscribed
captions and measurements and are dated 1826 or 1827. All are mounted on paper
sheets 50 x 32.5 cm. in size.
Arrangement
Arranged by topic. The topical arrangement corresponds to a
pre-existing numbering system consisting of the number 36 and a letter,
inscribed in pencil in the upper right corner of mount. Some drawings bear
additional numbers on the mounts.
Organized in five series:
Series I. Pompeii,
Date (inclusive): 1826
,
Date (inclusive): undated
Series II. Museum in Naples,
Date (inclusive): 1826
,
Date (inclusive): undated
Series III. Pozzuoli and Benevento,
Date (inclusive): 1826
,
Date (inclusive): undated
Series IV. Other Sites in Italy,
Date (inclusive): 1826
,
Date (inclusive): undated
Series V. Pula, Croatia,
Date (inclusive): 1827
,
Date (inclusive): undated
Real Museo borbonico
(Naples, Italy)
Temple of Serapis
(Pozzuoli, Italy)
Temple of Augustus
(Pula, Croatia)
Architecture,
Domestic—Italy—Pompeii (Extinct city)
Theaters—Italy—Pompeii
(Extinct city)—Designs and plans.
Dwellings—Italy—Pompeii
(Extinct city)—Designs and plans.
Temples—Italy—Pompeii
(Extinct city)—Designs and plans.
Forums, Roman—Italy—Pompeii
(Extinct city)
Tombs—Italy—Pompeii
(Extinct city)
Decoration and ornament,
Architectural—Italy—Pompeii (Extinct city)
Decoration and ornament,
Architectural—Italy.
Antiquities,
Roman—Italy—Naples.
Temples—Italy—Pozzuoli.
Arch of Trajan (Benevento,
Italy)
Triumphal
arches—Italy—Benevento.
Church
buildings—Italy—Umbria—Designs and plans.
Church
buildings—Italy—Tuscany—Designs and plans.
Temples—Croatia—Designs and
plans.
Slavoluk Sergijevaca (Pula,
Croatia)
Triumphal
arches—Croatia.
Italy—Antiquities,
Roman.
Croatia—Antiquities,
Roman.
Pompeii (Extinct
city)—Antiquities.
Pompeii (Extinct
city)—Buildings, structures etc.
Triangular Forum
(Pompeii)
Pozzuoli
(Italy)—Buildings, structures, etc.
Benevento
(Italy)—Buildings, structures, etc.
Pula (Croatia)—Buildings,
structures etc.
Architectural
drawings—Italy—19th century.
Drawings—Italy—19th
century.
Floor plans—Italy—19th
century.
Elevations
(drawings)—Italy—19th century.
Cross sections—Italy—19th
century.
Isabelle, Charles-Edouard,
1800-1880.