Original antique steel engraving with the facade of the church of Brou, at Bourg-en-Bresse, a jewel of Flamboyant Gothic raised by Margaret of Austria in the first third of the 16th century. Captioned in French and Spanish, with the heading Francia (1515 a 1547). Drawn by Gaucherel and printed under the direction of Lemaître.
Original antique steel engraving with the facade of the church of Brou, at Bourg-en-Bresse, a jewel of Flamboyant Gothic raised by Margaret of Austria in the first third of the 16th century. Captioned in French and Spanish, with the heading Francia (1515 a 1547). Drawn by Gaucherel and printed under the direction of Lemaître.
From a 19th-century French illustrated historical encyclopedia in its Spanish edition: the captions run in both languages.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Léon Gaucherel.
Engraver: Under the direction of Lemaître.
Date: Mid-19th century.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.7 in (14 x 22 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper with scattered oxidation spots (foxing), mainly in the upper margin and along the edges, outside the image.