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French School, circa 1800
Lot 365

French School, circa 1800

The deer park at the Château de Villesavin

Fermé5 December 2007

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GBP 750

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French School, circa 1800
The deer park at the Château de Villesavin
with inscription 'Vue de la loge des chevreuils dans le parc de Villesavin.'
black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, watercolour, heightened with gum arabic
9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (245 x 320 mm.)

Note du spécialiste

The Château de Villesavin was built in the 1530's by Jean Le Breton, one of King François I's Finance ministers. It is a smaller replica of one of the largest châteaux in the Loire Valley, the Château de Villandry, also built by Le Breton and completed in 1536.