Vûe de la place de Spa et la fontaine minerale du pouhon [art original]
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16193689
Description
- Title
- Vûe de la place de Spa et la fontaine minerale du pouhon [art original]
- Alternative Title
- Vue de la place de Spa
- Creator
- Le Loup, Antoine, 1730-, artist
- Published / Created
- [1767]
- Publication Place
- Belgium
- Abstract
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View of a plaza in the Belgian town of Spa, with a row of buildings (including shops labeled "Cour de Londre," "Caffe," and "Poste") on the left curving behind a fountain in the distance. A second row of buildings on the right includes a doorway below street level that is marked "Pouhon." Nine men and women occupy the square in two groups, one group in the foreground and the other in the middle distance; one woman and one man in the foreground are holding out hats and appear to be begging
- Description
-
Titled by the artist in ink below image; alternative title "Vue de la place de Spa" written in brown ink in a different hand above image.
Signed by the artist in ink below title, in lower right.
Part of a group of drawings by Antoine Le Loup of his hometown of Spa. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call nos.: 75 B935 805 folder 43; 75 B935 805 folder 44.
Formerly laid in at page 143 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately. - Provenance
- Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 15.1 x 22 cm, on sheet 17.1 x 23.4 cm
- Language
-
French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 45 Box 4
- Collection Title
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Collection / Other Creator
- Bull, Richard, 1725-1806.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not after 1806]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Views
Ink drawings Belgian 18th century
Wash drawings Belgian 18th century - Material
- ink wash on vellum ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Spa (Belgium)
Belgium
Spa. - Subject (Topic)
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Plazas
Fountains
Springs - Subjects
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Spa (Belgium) > Pictorial works
Plazas
Fountains
Springs > Belgium > Spa
Belgian > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Antoine Le Loup, Vûe de la Place de Spa et la Fontaine Minerale du Pouhon. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13096627
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193689
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