The manor of Diependaal with the coat of arms of Guillaume Vandermaelen.

Gouache, 80,7 x 69,2 cm (visible), wove paper, inscription "D. GUILIELMUS / VAN DER MAELEN / LOVANIENSIS MED. LIC. / DIE 5 JULII 1786." (few cracks, few spots).

Framed.

The Vandermaelen family was the last owner of the manor of Diependaal near Leuven, before it was demolished in 1802. This composition was offered to Guillaume Vandermaelen (1762-?), the father of cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen (1795-1869), on the occasion of obtaining his doctoral degree in medicine from the university of Leuven. The famous historian Edward Van Even already mentioned that the Vandermaelen family owned several versions of this composition (Louvain monumental, Leuven 1860, p. 311; see also M. Silvestre, Philippe Vandermaelen, Mercator de la jeune Belgique, Brussels 2016, p. 19, fig.).
Prov. Guillaume Vandermaelen (coat of arms and inscription).