# Exterior view

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-jacques-franois-r38f2872de893be/exterior-view-rc69c4937cf7ce3>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BLONDEL, Jacques-François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-jacques-franois-r38f2872de893be>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Engraving

## Commentary

The west portal of Metz Cathedral was designed by Jacques-François in 1764. It was replaced in 1887. The nineteenth-century engraving shows the Neo-classical west façade before the Neo-Gothic replacement in 1887.

## Related artworks

- [Elevation of the Louvre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-jacques-franois-r38f2872de893be/elevation-of-the-louvre-r586a52bfdd4918>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-jacques-franois-r38f2872de893be/exterior-view-r5c9a6391311f0c>)
- [Fountain Design](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/blondel-jacques-franois-r38f2872de893be/fountain-design-r67c0414f91b2c9>)

## Attribution

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