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24 July 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio - 56001 Vannes
Drawings by this architect who was in love with the Norman abbey dedicated to the Archangel Saint Michael, depicting it in minute detail, will soon be up for auction. They are all the more precious since they show the site as it was before its restoration.
Émile Sagot (1805-1888), Mont-Saint-Michel, view of the apse, one leaf from a set of 65 watercolor architectural drawings, some signed, 70 x 105 cm/27.56 x 41.33 in. Estimate: €12,000/15,000 (set)
Émile Sagot (1805-1888), Mont-Saint-Michel, view of the apse, one leaf from a set of 65 watercolor architectural drawings, some signed, 70 x 105 cm/27.56 x 41.33 in. Estimate: €12,000/15,000 (set)
With its ramparts and spire rising above the tides, the iconic skyline of Mont-Saint-Michel, a Unesco World Heritage site since 1979, is the product of a long history, from the modest oratory built c. 708 to the early 13 th -century g othic abbey and the major restorations of the 1870s. The Romantic Age’s fascination with the Middle Ages led to rising interest in the site, then used as a prison. Its admirers included Victor…
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Saturday 24 July 2021 - 14:00 (CEST)
8, rue du docteur Joseph-Audic, zone d'activités du Ténénio - 56001 Vannes
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