plafond
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Did not the great Monsieur Delacroix say with his characteristic modesty, when his plafond in the Galerie d'Apollon was uncovered: 'Where should I be without the assistance of my friend Sinel?'
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Felix Moscheles
Ingres, too, who in those days was considered the greatest draughtsman since the time of Raphael, had contributed a masterpiece to the decoration of the hall, a plafond, "The Apotheosis of Napoleon I."
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Felix Moscheles
On the plafond is a painting representing the discovery of America by Columbus; for the Genoese duly appreciate, and never can forget their illustrious countryman.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
The hills, however, were little only because the stretch was so vast; it was really a broad plafond upon which they had solemnly entered to dance a minuet with the playful shadows of the clouds.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
The salle de danse is peculiarly elegant, and in one of the apartments is a fine painting on the plafond representing Jupiter hurling thunderbolts on the Giants.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
