Engraving. Bourbon castle in Bourbon-l'archambault.

Engraving. Bourbon castle in Bourbon-l'archambault.
France, Moulin, mid-XIX century. Size 50 x 32 cm. the Sheet is worn and yellowed around the perimeter, has minor tears and losses; rare temporary spots; a trace of moisture on the upper edge; in the lower right corner of the printer's Congreve: "P. A. Desrosters fils a Mouline. L`ancien Bourbonnais.".

At the bottom of the sheet is a lithograph by Andre Durand made in 1839 based on an earlier engraving by the callotist Israel Sylvester. Nature served as the ancestral castle of the Bourbons-Bourbon-l'archambault.

[Duran (Duren) Durand André (5 may 1807 (Amfreville-La-Mi-Voix, Normandy) — 10 August 1867 (Paris)) - draftsman, lithographer.

He studied at the School of drawing and painting in Rouen. Master of the species genre. He published his drawings in the magazine "L'artist" (1836).

In 1839, on behalf of A. N. Demidov, he made a trip to Russia. He has made a significant number of drawings with views of Russian cities and their architectural attractions-St. Petersburg, Kronstadt, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Kazan, Novgorod, Tver, Nizhny Novgorod. Along the way , he also" shot " views of Northern cities and ports; captured Lubeck, Hamburg, Kronborg castle in Elsinore. Subsequently, he reproduced drawings in the technique of lithography with the participation of Auguste Raffet, who was engaged in the inclusion of staffage figures in the compositions.

He published albums of tone lithographs: "Excursion pittoresque et archéologique en Russe execute en 1839" (Paris, 1842, 100 sheets), "Views of the village of vlachernsky, owned by Prince Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn" (about 1841-1842).

in 1850, he made drawings for Demidov with views of cities in Belgium and Italy. Author of notes on Russia ("Letters sur l'empire Russe", Paris, without a year). Corresponding member Of the Committee of historical monuments; published notes and articles on French antiquities in the journals of Rouen.

Exhibited at the Paris Salon (1833-1864, with interruptions).

The family name Sylvester is a whole dynasty of engravers and painters, probably originating from Israel Sylvester of Paris, who received the privilege of printing engravings in Antwerp in 1546. Most likely mentioned is Israel Silvestre the Younger (FR. Israël Silvestre; August 13, 1621, Nancy — October 11, 1691, Paris) — French painter and graphic artist.

In the 1640s and 1650s, as a result of his numerous trips to various French provinces, he wrote several books, illustrating them with copper engravings. The artist also made a trip to Italy, where he studied paintings by old masters. In 1662, he was appointed court painter and engraver of the French king Louis XIV and then lived with his family at court, in the Louvre.

Bourbon-l’Archambault (French: Bourbon-l'archambault) is a commune in the Auvergne region of France. Department of the commune — Allier. The administrative center of the Canton of Bourbon is l'archambault. District of the commune of Moulins.

The town of Bourbon-l'archambault went down in history as the cradle of the Royal family of Bourbons, who ruled France in the XVI-XIX centuries. In the X century, the first wooden castle appeared here. in the XII century, a stone fortress was built in its place, which over a century turned into a powerful defensive structure with 15 towers.

To this day, only the ruins of the flaming Gothic splendor of the Bourbon castle have survived.]