Ascending genealogical table of Armand & Victor Limnander de Nieuwenhove.

1 f. (108,5 x 150,5 cm), on chamois paper, pen and black ink, enhanced with watercolour, gouache, and silver (sl. foxing, some marg. tears which 2 affecting the frame, rests of mounting paper and some reinforcments on verso).

In roll.

Nice table artfully arranged in a fan shape, perhaps made by one of the two brothers, with on the left the ancestors over 6 generations of the father, Amand Limnander de Nieuwenhove (1767-1831), issued from a family of lawyers of the County of Flanders, ennobled in 1683; on the right those (with some blanks) of the mother, the French Countess Elmire Malet de Coupigny (1789-1821). On the bottom of the table, the family's large coat of arms. The captions are presented in cartouches framed in the shape of mantles with pavilions. Armand (1814-1892) was a composer and founder of chamber ensembles, settled in Paris in 1847 as opera composer. His brother Victor (1816-1897) and himself were made barons by King Leopold II in 1871.
Ref. Ryckman de Betz 277. - Fétis, Biogr. univ. des musiciens, V:302.