Albert Cutbert*(French, 19th Century)

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Albert Cutbert*(French, 19th Century)

A Bateau-Lavoir near the old Pont des Invalides

signed 'A.Cutbert' and inscribed 'Pont des Invalides' (verso); black lead, watercolor on paper
4¾ x 7¼in. (121 x 186mm.)

来源

From an album assembled by Jacques-Félix Duban (1797-1871), to his nephew, Paul Duvivier de Streel, and thence by descent to the present owner.

拍品专文

The Pont des Invalides, linking the Quai de la Conférence and the Quai d'Orsay was built in 1825. It was a toll bridge 120 meters long and seven meters wide, made for large carriages and suspended with chains. The middle arch was 67 meters long. The bridge was later rebuilt and the arches lowered.