Watercolor on Paper of Chateau de Fontainebleau (Signed A. Vasset)
Watercolor on Paper of Chateau de Fontainebleau (Signed A. Vasset)
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Watercolor Signed A. Vasset
Depicting the Chateau de Fontainebleau, one of France's most historically significant royal residences, located southeast of Paris
Chateau's distinctive roofline with steep slate mansard roofs, brick chimneys, and arched terraces above the water identifies it; viewed from the Grand Parterre side designed by Le Notre and Le Vau in the 17th C
You can see the Etang des Carpes (Carp pond) in the foreground, the terrace wall with sculptural niches and balustrades and the central pavilion roofs of the chateau itself
Appears frequently in 19th C landscape studies and travel albums, often painted by French artists documenting the royal estates
A Vasset - potentially French watercolorist and illustrator named Alfred Vasset (active late 19th - early 20th c) who produced finely detailed architectural views of Paris and the Ile-de-France region - often in the same precise, linear watercolor technique seen here; his works appear occassionally in salon listings and auction records
Watercolor on textured paper
Academic architecural landscape; delicate washes, crisp pen outlines, and subtle tonal layering in sky and greenery
Circa 1880-1910
Popular during Belle Epoque era as tourism and railway excusions popularized visits to the royal chateau
13.5" x 10.5"
Watercolor Signed A. Vasset
Depicting the Chateau de Fontainebleau, one of France's most historically significant royal residences, located southeast of Paris
Chateau's distinctive roofline with steep slate mansard roofs, brick chimneys, and arched terraces above the water identifies it; viewed from the Grand Parterre side designed by Le Notre and Le Vau in the 17th C
You can see the Etang des Carpes (Carp pond) in the foreground, the terrace wall with sculptural niches and balustrades and the central pavilion roofs of the chateau itself
Appears frequently in 19th C landscape studies and travel albums, often painted by French artists documenting the royal estates
A Vasset - potentially French watercolorist and illustrator named Alfred Vasset (active late 19th - early 20th c) who produced finely detailed architectural views of Paris and the Ile-de-France region - often in the same precise, linear watercolor technique seen here; his works appear occassionally in salon listings and auction records
Watercolor on textured paper
Academic architecural landscape; delicate washes, crisp pen outlines, and subtle tonal layering in sky and greenery
Circa 1880-1910
Popular during Belle Epoque era as tourism and railway excusions popularized visits to the royal chateau
13.5" x 10.5"