BALAT, Alphonse (1818-1895), [after] Willems LEROY and others. - photo 1
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BALAT, Alphonse (1818-1895), [after] Willems LEROY and others.

Lot 280
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 2 000
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Lot 280 | BALAT, Alphonse (1818-1895), [after] Willems LEROY and others.
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
BALAT, Alphonse (1818-1895), [after] Willems LEROY and others.

Souvenirs de la Fête donnee le 26 septembre 1848 par le cercle artistique et littéraire sous la patronage du roi du gouternement et de la ville de Bruxelles aux artistes exposants et aux members de congrès agricole. [Brussels]: Dero-Becker, 1849.

Commemorative album depicting the 1848 festival of the Brussels 'Cercle Artistique et Littéraire', a spectacular event recorded by a group of the foremost artists working in Northern Europe, specifically Belgium, at this time. The festival, visited by more than 5000 people, took place in the covered market 'la Madeleine', which was designed by Cluysenaer and for the occasion decorated in a Moorish style by Balat who later became Leopold II's architect. King Leopold was deeply involved in the arts and it was during his reign that the Palais de Justice, which with its vantage point and its enormous cupola dominates the skyline of Brussels, was built. This volume also contains portraits of great minds and artists, including Raphael, Rembrant and Van Dyck. The royal arms of Belgium can be found on the front and back of this volume and one can assume that this was presumably given as a gift by the King. Bobins III, 995; Lipperheide, Sm 25.



Folio (588 x 422mm). Lithographic title and dedication leaves,16 tinted lithographic plates, finished by contemporary hand, by Balat after Billoin, Fournois, Huart, Lauters, Stroobant, Schubert, W. Leroy, heightened with gum arabic, several paired with custom tissue guards with printed captions within decorative border, 3 wood-engraved vignettes on india paper within the text, artist list included, listing other artists (occasional spotting). Contemporary green morocco-backed floral printed velvet, with royal arms of Belgium to sides in gilt, flat spine gilt, remains of lower embroidered fastening with upper missing, gilt edges, white patterned endpapers (coat of arms and spine lightly rubbed); armorial bookplate on front pastedown, shelf mark. Provenance: Count Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-1870), (bookplate and library stamp at foot of title).





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