Louvain Church Grille
second half 19th century
Medium
Pen and ink and watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 9 3/4 x 4 7/16 in. (24.7 x 11.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.632.145
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, *Louvain Church Gr* is a exquisite pen and ink with watercolor drawing by an anonymous artist from the second half of the19th century. Measuring just 9 3/4 x 4 7/16 inches, this intimate sheet meticulously renders the ornate grille—likely a decorative screen or gate—from a church in Louvain (modern-day Leuven, Belgium). Acquired through The Elisha Whittelsey Collection in 1960 it exemplifies the precision of Victorian-era topographical studies. Created amid Britain's Gothic Revival fervor, the work reflects a broader ...