Live veiling - Lot 998
[Heraldry - Tournai]
Quarters of nobility of "demoiselle Marie Victoire Félicité Joseph d'Ennetières, comtesse d'Hulst et du Saint Empire romain".
[18th c.]
Hamerprijs: €
320
€ 400 / 500
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Beschrijving lot
39 x 91 cm, in French, brown and black ink on parchment, coats of arms enhanced with watercoulour (some marg. work of rodent, some with min. loss and old restorations).
In roll.
Nicely ill. with 89 coats of arms. The countess, daughter of Engelbert d'Ennetières and Jeanne de Sainte-Aldegonde, was born in Tournai in 1752, and married Antoine Bruno François de Steenhuys (1743-1791), Baron of Hernen on 15 April 1771. Among the names of ascendants: counts of Sainte-Aldegonde, della Faille, d'Abbeville, etc.
Joined: Ms. table extract from a cadastral map: "Commune d'Aeltere. Tableau indicatif des biens figurés ci-contre appartenans à Mons. Joseph della Faille, trésorier de la 3me cohorte de la Légion d'honneur [...]". [Ghent, c. 1808-1814]. 43 x 59 cm, black ink on paper laid on canvas (dusty, some marg. foxing). (2 pcs)