Jean Bérain The Younger Watercolour Design For A Doorway Leading On To A Garden Circa.1700 Royalty His candid writings

His candid writings

Provenance Kinmel Hall Abergele Denbighshire once one of Wales's greatest houses now a building seriously at risk

Period carved giltwood frame

Provenance: Lowther Castle Earl of Lonsdale's Sale June 1947

mould spotting and edge damages

Jean Bérain The Younger Watercolour Design For A Doorway Leading On To A Garden Circa.1700 Royalty His candid writingsAttr. Jean Brain the younger (1674 1726) French School late 17th. Century pen ink and watercolour design for a doorway leading on to a garden. Inscribed Berain J. 30 by 21. 5 cms. Ex. Joanna Booth Collection. Brain was his father's pupil, Jean Brain the Elder (1640 1711) both were draughtsmen, designers, painters and engravers of ornament, the main artistic force in the Royal office of the Plaisirs du Roi where all the designs originated for French