Lot 130: f - AIGNAN THOMAS DESFRICHES ORLÉANS 1715 - 1800

WOODED RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A MILL AND A SLUICE

measurements note
291 by 385 mm

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)

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).