Louis Signy
Active in Paris from 1768 to 1792.
View of the Buc Aqueduct near Versailles
Ink and watercolor. 115 x 170 mm – 4 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.
Signed and dated “L?? Signy del. 1795”.
Louis Signy is known for his views and perspectives of Paris, the surrounding area and as far as Geneva and Ferney, where he drew the château of Monsieur Voltaire, of whom he claimed to be, in the caption to the engraving, a “very humble and obedient servant”.
The Musée de Pontoise holds a watercolor, a view of Pontoise, very similar to ours (Fig1).
Condition – Very good condition.
19th century gilded frame.
