A Private European Residence: French and Neoclassical Furniture and Paintings & Works on Paper

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Lot 382
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Etienne Cherubin Lecomte 1762 - 1818

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Etienne Cherubin Lecomte
  • two studies of the facades of Chateau Benrath: 'cote de la piece d'eau' and 'cote du jardin'

  • both signed and inscribed on the mount: Lecomte architecte de cour

  • both pen and black ink and grey, black and brown wash

Catalogue Note

A pencil inscription on the verso describes this drawing as a study of Benrath by Lecomte.  The artist won 1st prize at the Royal Academy of Architecture in 1786.  Benrath was built by Nicolas de Pigâge, a pupil of Blondel, for Carl Théodore and Elizabeth August in 1756.