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Oct55-150
Dimensions : The sheet: 46 cm by 30 cm.
Original etching, eighteenth century strong water, known as "optical view", circa 1760, on laid paper.
Color highlights in watercolor.
Chez Lachaussé / Daumont in Paris.
Dirt and wetness, and small cuts and gaps on the edges of the sheet.
Title deleted.
In transparency:
Quick and neat delivery .
In 1190, Philippe Auguste donated land located in Grosbois to the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris in exchange for land located in the Bois de Vincennes. These lands were ceded in 1563 by the abbey to Raoul Moreau, treasurer of the Savings, whose son-in-law, Nicolas Harlay de Sancy, superintendent of Finances and Buildings of the king, had a castle built there at the beginning of the 17th century.
In 1616, the castle, still unfinished, was sold to Charles de Valois (1573-1650), Count of Auvergne then Duke of Angoulême (1619), natural son of Charles IX and Marie Touchet. He finished the castle, which was completed around 1640; in particular, he had the surrounding wall (1623) and the two wings built. When he died in 1650, the estate passed to his granddaughter, the Duchess of Joyeuse.
The Château de Grosbois, 19th century
In 1718, the estate was bought by Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1686-1753), son of the financier Samuel Bernard, who notably had the woodwork for the Régence salon made.
The château then belonged to Minister Germain Louis Chauvelin (from 1731 to 1762), to François Marie Peyrenc de Moras (from 1762 to 1771), who bequeathed it to his grand-niece, Anne Marie de Merle de Beauchamps, daughter of an ambassador near the King of Portugal and wife of Pierre-Paul II Gilbert de Voisins, president with mortar in the Parliament of Paris. His son, Pierre Paul Alexandre Gilbert de Voisins, French magistrate and politician was born in Grosbois in 1773 before he ceded the castle to the Count of Provence in 1776.
Confiscated as national property, the castle was acquired on November 9, 1797 by Barras, the “king of the Directory”. After 18 Brumaire, Barras had to go into exile in Belgium and sell the castle in 1801 to General Moreau.
In 1804, after the arrest of the latter, Napoleon I bought the castle from him through Fouché, to cede it in 1805 to Marshal Berthier, Prince of Wagram.
Berthier spends a lot of money to beautify the castle. He had the library, the Gallery of Battles, the Emperor's lounge, the Bailiff's lounge, built the two pavilions and the entrance gate on the road. He enlarged the estate to make it the finest hunt in the Empire, and gave grandiose parties there.
His son Napoléon Berthier (1810-1887), 2nd Prince of Wagram, fitted out the library, which included more than 3,000 works.
His grandson Louis Marie Philippe Alexandre Berthier (1883-1918), 4th prince and 3rd duke of Wagram, is a great collector, among other things, of modern art1. Died young and without legitimate children, his property, including Grosbois, passed to his sister and his nephew, Prince Godefroy de la Tour d'Auvergne.
During World War II, the castle became the headquarters of the Luftwaffe, and during the filming of the film Madame Sans-Gêne (October 1941) by Roger Richebé, it housed the dating of the actress Arletty, who played the role -title, and of her young German lover Hans Jürgen Soehring (1908-1960).
On July 26, 1962, the Société d 'Encouragement à l'Elevage du Cheval Français acquired the estate2 to set up a training center for horses.
In 1616, the castle, still unfinished, was sold to Charles de Valois (1573-1650), Count of Auvergne then Duke of Angoulême (1619), natural son of Charles IX and Marie Touchet. He finished the castle, which was completed around 1640; in particular, he had the surrounding wall (1623) and the two wings built. When he died in 1650, the estate passed to his granddaughter, the Duchess of Joyeuse.
The Château de Grosbois, 19th century
In 1718, the estate was bought by Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1686-1753), son of the financier Samuel Bernard, who notably had the woodwork for the Régence salon made.
The château then belonged to Minister Germain Louis Chauvelin (from 1731 to 1762), to François Marie Peyrenc de Moras (from 1762 to 1771), who bequeathed it to his grand-niece, Anne Marie de Merle de Beauchamps, daughter of an ambassador near the King of Portugal and wife of Pierre-Paul II Gilbert de Voisins, president with mortar in the Parliament of Paris. His son, Pierre Paul Alexandre Gilbert de Voisins, French magistrate and politician was born in Grosbois in 1773 before he ceded the castle to the Count of Provence in 1776.
Confiscated as national property, the castle was acquired on November 9, 1797 by Barras, the “king of the Directory”. After 18 Brumaire, Barras had to go into exile in Belgium and sell the castle in 1801 to General Moreau.
In 1804, after the arrest of the latter, Napoleon I bought the castle from him through Fouché, to cede it in 1805 to Marshal Berthier, Prince of Wagram.
Berthier spends a lot of money to beautify the castle. He had the library, the Gallery of Battles, the Emperor's lounge, the Bailiff's lounge, built the two pavilions and the entrance gate on the road. He enlarged the estate to make it the finest hunt in the Empire, and gave grandiose parties there.
His son Napoléon Berthier (1810-1887), 2nd Prince of Wagram, fitted out the library, which included more than 3,000 works.
His grandson Louis Marie Philippe Alexandre Berthier (1883-1918), 4th prince and 3rd duke of Wagram, is a great collector, among other things, of modern art1. Died young and without legitimate children, his property, including Grosbois, passed to his sister and his nephew, Prince Godefroy de la Tour d'Auvergne.
During World War II, the castle became the headquarters of the Luftwaffe, and during the filming of the film Madame Sans-Gêne (October 1941) by Roger Richebé, it housed the dating of the actress Arletty, who played the role -title, and of her young German lover Hans Jürgen Soehring (1908-1960).
On July 26, 1962, the Société d 'Encouragement à l'Elevage du Cheval Français acquired the estate2 to set up a training center for horses.