# Plan for a national library

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOULLÉE, Étienne-Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Drawing

## Commentary

A huge coffered barrel vault linking colonnades receding into the depths distinguishes Boullée&#39;s project for the huge reading room of a projected National Library. A novel and influential motif is the opening of the vault in an elongated top-light. The drawing shows the interior view.

## Related artworks

- [Cenotaph for Isaac Newton](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e/cenotaph-for-isaac-newton-r85d6df3ed84ba7>)
- [Cenotaph for Isaac Newton](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e/cenotaph-for-isaac-newton-r929e33d3cc7975>)
- [Plan for a Métropole](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e/plan-for-a-mtropole-r859568190857e9>)
- [Plan for a Métropole](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e/plan-for-a-mtropole-ra72049d97dd6d1>)
- [Plan for rebuilding the Palace of Versailles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e/plan-for-rebuilding-the-palace-of-versailles-r5b1269f5f68d30>)
- [Proposal for a Museum: Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boulle-tienne-louis-r06560c44abe42e/proposal-for-a-museum-interior-view-rc3214e92bfc1b4>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)