Title:Persepolis. Pl. 80, 157, 153, 152, 105, 109.
Perse Ancienne.
Authors: Flandin, Eugène (1809-1876), Coste, Pascal-Xavier (1787-1879)
It belongs to the work, Voyage en Perse by MM. Eugène Flandin, peintre, and Pascal Coste, architecte, attached to the French Embassy in Perse, pendant to the années 1840 and 1841, entrepris par order de M. le Ministre des Affaires étrangères d'après les instructions dressées par l'Institut publié under the auspices of M. le Ministre de l'Intérieur et de M. le Ministre d'état sous la direction d'une commission composée de MM. Burnouf, Lebas et Leclère - Perse ancienne: Planches par Eugène Flandin et Pascal Coste.
Date: 1851.
Approximate measurements: 280x 390 mm. footprint, paper 630 x 450 mm.
Flandin, Eugène Napoléon Jean-Baptiste (b. Naples, 15 August 1809; d. Tours, 29 September 1889), French orientalist, painter, archeologist, and politician (Plate I). Flandin's archaeological drawings and some of his military paintings are valued more highly by museum authorities than his purely an artistic paintings. He is most renowned for his famous drawings and paintings of Persian monuments, landscapes, and social life made during his travels with the architect Pascal Coste during the years 1839-41. Flandin's observations on the state of Persia and international politics in the mid-19th century also continue to provide important documentary information.
Coste, Pascal-Xavier (b. Marseilles, 29 November 1787; d. Marseilles, 7 February 1879), French architect, famous for his extensive travels and surveys (Egypt, North Africa, Persia, Europe, Russia); his architectural achievements, notably in and around Marseilles; and for his drawings, writings, and archeological explorations.
Flandin, Eugène Napoléon Jean-Baptiste, (1809, 1889), French orientalist, painter, archaeologist and politician. He is famous for his drawings and paintings of Persian monuments, landscapes and social life made during his travels with the architect Pascal Coste during the years 1839-41. Flandin's observations on the state of Persia and international politics in the mid-19th century also continue to provide documentary information today.
