03 — ARTWORK
River inspector's house
LEDOUX, Claude-Nicolas · 1779 →
- MEDIUM
- Engraving, 470 x 287 mm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 1400 × 810 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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After the outbreak of the revolution, Ledoux received scarcely any commissions, so he turned to writing. He developed an extended model of his ideal city, which acquired Utopian features in the visual translation of all important functions and didactic intentions. Water courses, for example, were to be diverted through the river inspector's house, which looked like a cylinder on its side.
The present engravingA print made from a metal plate that has had a design cut into it with a sharp point. Ink is smeared over the plate and then wiped off, the ink remaining in the etched lines being transferred when the plate is pressed very firmly onto a sheet of paper. illustrates a proposed river inspector's house for River Loue.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {River inspector's house by LEDOUX, Claude-Nicolas},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ledoux-claude-nicolas-r04e066debe77ae/river-inspectors-house-r252e091cd02041},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
