Vûe de la fontaine minerale de la Sauveniere pret de Spa [art original]
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Description
- Title
- Vûe de la fontaine minerale de la Sauveniere pret de Spa [art original]
- Alternative Title
- Vue de la fontaine de la Sauvenière près de Spa
- Creator
- Le Loup, Antoine, 1730-, artist
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1767]
- Publication Place
- Belgium
- Abstract
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View of a mineral fountain located near the Belgian town of Spa. The fountain, raised up on a low pedestal and covered with a roof, stands in the center of the image. A covered walkway extends left from the fountain and meets a two-story stone building. Stone walls and staircases extend behind and to the right of the fountain. Trees and a bridge over a stream form the background; a dirt plaza forms the foreground
- Description
-
Titled by the artist in ink below image; alternative title "Vue de la fontaine de la Sauvenière près 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, one of which is dated "1767" by the artist. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B935 805 folder 45.
Sheet numbered "9" in ink in upper right corner.
Formerly laid in at page 139 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 9.7 x 14.8 cm, on sheet 11 x 16.3 cm
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 44 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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Fountains
Springs - Subjects
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Spa (Belgium) > Pictorial works
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 Fontaine Minerale de la Sauveniere Pret de Spa. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13096535
- Object ID (OID)
- 16982173