Design for a Frontispiece

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Artist: Claude Louis Châtelet (French, Paris 1753–1794 Paris)
Date: 1782
Medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and brown and gray wash, watercolor; framing lines in pen and black ink, with brush and pink wash outside lines
Dimensions: 17 9/16 x 12 15/16 in. (44.6 x 32.9 cm) (image with framing lines)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1984
Accession no.: 1984.1150

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View of the Famous Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna, called Centum Cavalli
Claude-Louis Chatelet
1784 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002447
Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor
Claude-Louis Chatelet
late 18th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019093
Road Leading to the Grotto of Posillipo
Claude-Louis Chatelet
18th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019094
The Covered Bridge at Fribourg
Claude-Louis Chatelet
18th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019095

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.