Architectural drawing Predikheren Ghent. Ghent... Lot 8

Architectural drawing Predikheren Ghent. Ghent ca. 1800 Drawing, pen and black ink, with pink and blue wash, 40,5 x 58 cm, thin calque paper, unsigned (piece of 10 x 5 cm missing at left edge, some minor tears at edges, large vert. folding crease at centre). Situation drawing of the facade of the Dominican cloister (Predikheren klooster) in Ghent. The drawing represents an elevation with the combination of a perspective and orthogonal view of the main tower and a Baroque gate. An inscription at the upper right in brown ink mentions "Voorgevel van de Kerke, de Sacristye en de ganckdeure van het Clooster der Predikheersen op het nieuwland te Gendt, nieuw gebouwd int jaer 1712, gesticht in 1628, afgeschaft in 1783, daer op gebouwd 10 woonhuysen in 1788-1790, 1792". Also includes a scale in Flemish feet ("voeten"). Part of the old Dominican cloister now houses the University Museum of Ghent University.