Lot 100
100
Antoine Bergognon (active late 18th century)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
Antoine Bergognon (active late 18th century)

Design for the façade of a national bank

Details
Antoine Bergognon (active late 18th century)
Design for the façade of a national bank
graphite, pen and black ink, grey wash
12¾ x 17½ in. (32.2 x 44.1 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A design for a city executed by Bergognon in 1792 is in the Ecole des Beaux-Art, Paris (inv. PRA 114). According to notes from Sir Francis Watson the present drawing was engraved in the 17th 'cahier' of the Collection des Grands Prix, 1798 (see H. Rosenau, 'The Engravings of the Grand Prix of the French Academy of Architecture', Architectural History, III, 1960, pl. 98.).

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