18th century French school. Original pen-and-ink DRAWING on …
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Lot no. 34

Estimate: €500 - €600

Sale date : 11/26/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

18th century French school. Original pen-and-ink DRAWING on a centrefold folio page, depicting a busy town square with many amusing and satirical scenes, including monks in a cart, an overturned carriage with a woman with her skirts raised, a barber's stall behind which characters are showing their buttocks, a cook chasing a cat with a broom, a building with the sign "A la bonne eau", where on the upper floor you can see a banquet of monks accompanied by courtesans, elegant women arriving in carriages accompanied by gentlemen, a platform of musicians, figures busy in three large tubs, a counter serving drinks, etc., all accompanied by handwritten annotations in which the author or commissioner gives his opinion on possible modifications and indications of colours. In the background are the staircase of the Château de Fontainebleau and a medieval castle (small missing parts in the lower right, some stains). 45 x 66 cm

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