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Animated view of the Château d'Issy

French school from the beginning of the 19th century

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Acquis par le Musée d'Issy les Moulineaux
Oil on canvas
32 x 41 cm
circa 1830

The Château d'Issy was commissioned by the mortar president, advisor to the king and first advocate general in Parliament, Denis Talon (1681-1698), from the architect Pierre Bullet (1639-1716). It was completed at the end of the 17th century and quickly bought, in 1699, by François Louis de Bourbon (1664-1709), prince of Conti, known as "the Grand Conti", to remain in the Bourbon-Conti family until in 1776. It is represented here at the time when it belonged to the Count de l'Espine. After several successive owners, it was burned on May 4, 1871 by the gunners of the Paris commune and finally destroyed in 1910 after 40 years of abandonment. Today all that remains is a fountain, a dovecote, an orangery and the most recent half of the entrance hemicycle, built at the end of the 18th century, housing the history gallery of the City Museum. d'Issy, in the French playing card museum. Meticulously crafted, with a fresh and contrasting palette and an effective composition, our typical work of the French school of the early 19th century is reminiscent of the work of Etienne Bouhot (1780-1862) . At the foot of the castle you can see a sporting discipline or a team game painted in meticulous detail.

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The Château d'Issy was commissioned by the mortar president, advisor to the king and first advocate general in Parliament, Denis Talon (1681-1698), from the architect Pierre Bullet (1639-1716). It was completed at the end of the 17th century and quickly bought, in 1699, by François Louis de Bourbon (1664-1709), prince of Conti, known as "the Grand Conti", to remain in the Bourbon-Conti family until in 1776. It is represented here at the time when it belonged to the Count de l'Espine. After several successive owners, it was burned on May 4, 1871 by the gunners of the Paris commune and finally destroyed in 1910 after 40 years of abandonment. Today all that remains is a fountain, a dovecote, an orangery and the most recent half of the entrance hemicycle, built at the end of the 18th century, housing the history gallery of the City Museum. d'Issy, in the French playing card museum. Meticulously crafted, with a fresh and contrasting palette and an effective composition, our typical work of the French school of the early 19th century is reminiscent of the work of Etienne Bouhot (1780-1862) . At the foot of the castle you can see a sporting discipline or a team game painted in meticulous detail.

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Animated view of the Château d'Issy

Animated view of the Château d'Issy