Live auction - Lot 370
Album with watercoloured views of Beloeil.
1804-1806
Hammer price: €
300
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: 17 ff. (some gatherings cut).
Contemp. red calf, spine with 5 raised bands, a.e.g. (sl. worn, min. def. on covers and spine).
Sketchbook with 22 watercolours and pencil drawings, including views of Beloeil i.a.: the entrance to the castle's garden, various views of the English style garden, the castle's courtyard, "le bosquet de J.-J. Rousseau" and other depictions of the castle of Sterrebeek, Hof te Melis in Lippelo and portraits of J.-J. Rousseau, "L’abbé Pagès" (chaplain to the Prince de Ligne in Beloeil) and a selfportait of the artist at his drawing desk.