"Eembeckt een ure van Brussel, 1725".

Drawing, brown ink, grey wash, heightened with white chalk, 21,4 x 30,2 cm, brown laid paper (sm. hole).

Laid down on ivory paper.

One of Derons' earliest works and typical of the inmeasurable documentary value of his oeuvre, this drawing shows the Roman tower of the old Saint-Peter and Paul's church, the almshouse "De Kluis" and part of the former castle "Casteelken" in Neder-over-Heembeek, before the Château de Meudon was constructed (1759-1774).
Prov. Arenberg collection (coll. st. L.567).