Original antique steel engraving with the courtyard of the Hôtel de Cluny in Paris, today the Museum of the Middle Ages: the stair turret, the Flamboyant windows and the well, with two small figures beside the door. Captioned in French and Spanish, with the heading Francia (S. XV). Drawn by Gaucherel and printed under the direction of Lemaître.
Original antique steel engraving with the courtyard of the Hôtel de Cluny in Paris, today the Museum of the Middle Ages: the stair turret, the Flamboyant windows and the well, with two small figures beside the door. Captioned in French and Spanish, with the heading Francia (S. XV). 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 slightly toned, with a small oxidation spot in the upper right margin and slightly rubbed edges.