Aignan Thomas Desfriches Orléans 1715 - 1800

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Description

Aignan Thomas Desfriches
wooded river landscape with a mill and a sluice
signed and dated lower left: Desfriches 1765 and inscribed in brown ink, verso: vue Dun Moulin Sur Le Loiret Pres D'orleans Dessiné en 1765 et Donné a Monsieur Palthe par Son/Serviteur Desfriches a son passage a Leide Le 7 aoust 1766/le 7 aoust 1766, and inscribed in black chalk, verso: pres S^t Mumin (?) and vue Dun Moulin Sur Le Loiret Pres D'orleans/ par Desfriches 1765
black chalk

Provenance

Given by the artist to Jan (?) Palthe;
Jhr. Johan Goll van Franckenstein (L.2987, his number N94)

Catalogue Note

The Mr. Palthe referred to in the artist's dedication was probably the portraitist Jan Palthe (Deventer 1719 - 1769 Leiden), a notable figure in his time, who contributed to the Album Amicorum of Arnout Vosmaer, curator of the Stadholder's natural history collections (see M. Plomp, Hartstochtelijk Verzameld, 18de-eeuwse Hollandse verzamelaars van tekeningen en hun collecties, Bussum 2001, p. 123).