Live auction - Lot 891
[Europe - Belgium - Brussels]
Views of Laeken Palace and the parc.
London, Torre & Co., 1786
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
2 engravings, 48 x 31 cm, laid paper, signed in the plate at the lower text margin "S. Middiman sculp." (minor foxing).
All under gilt frame.
One of the first representations of the front and back of Laeken Palace, then named Schonenberg, and its surroundings with the Temple of Friendship, a waterfall and the Chinese tower built in 1786.
Joined: Lorieux, F.B. After S. Lefebvre - "Vue de l'Orangerie dans le parc de Bruxelles", "Vue du temple de l'amitié dans le parc de Bruxelles". Paris, Tessari & Co., 1803. 2 engravings, 48 x 31,5, laid paper, signed in the plate. Under glass and wooden frame (one with broken glass). (4 pcs)