Lot 128: Louis Nicolas Van Blarenberghe (Lille 1716-1754 Paris) and Henri Joseph Van Blarenberghe (Lille 1750-1826)

Louis Nicolas Van Blarenberghe (Lille 1716-1754 Paris) and Henri Joseph Van Blarenberghe (Lille 1750-1826)
Villagers in a town square with a church on the left
signed and dated 'Van Blarenberghe 1776'
bodycolor
14¾ x 25 1/8 in. (37.6 x 63.8 cm.)

Baron Mayer de Rothschild until 1865, and given to his daughter
Hannah, Countess of Rosebery and Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (according to a label on the frame, hanging at 10 Downing Street during his premiership, 1894-95), and by descent to
6th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire; Sotheby's, London, 25-26 May, 1977, lot 2614.

According to a label on the back of the frame, this drawing hung at 10 Downing Street during the 5th Earl of Rosebery's premiership.
It was also part of a series of bodycolor landscapes formerly at Mentmore which were exhibited in a gallery called the Blarenberghe Room.