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Auguste Borget(1808-1877) 澳門街景 鉛筆、水彩及水粉藍灰紙 鏡心
Provenance: Martyn Gregory, London
來源:倫敦古董商Martyn Gregory
Artist, traveller and friend of Balzac, Auguste Borget (1808-1877) was the principal French painter to visit southern China. From 1836 to 1840 he undertook a journey around the world; he spent over ten months on the China coast in 1838-9, based in Macau and Canton but travelling also to Amoy (Xiamen). After his return to France a selection of his Chinese scenes was published, and he exhibited his work regularly, both at the annual Paris Salons and in the provinces.
This work depicts a lively street scene with shop vendors, customers and bystanders along an open street overhung by washing drying between the buildings.