Van den Eynde, Auguste ; Van den Eynde, Arnold... Lot n° 1023

VAN DEN EYNDE, Auguste 4 bird's-eye views with cloisters. 1840-1860 Drawing, pen, black ink, grey wash, the 1st on laid paper, ca. 29 x 47 cm, the others on wove paper, 35,5 x 45,5 cm to 42 x 56 cm (sm. defects). 1. "Collegium Mechliniense Societatis Jesu". Perspective of Leliëndael with baroque chapel by Lucas Faydherbe. Interesting view after A. Sanderus of the gardens between Bruul and IJzeren Leen. - 2. "Afbeeldingen voor het clooster van Bethanien [...]". After a 1687 painting by Jacobus Smeyers. - 3. De Noter, J.B. (after?) - "Het klooster van Bethanië binnen Mechelen" (Schoutetstraat). (central folding part. split). - 4. "Monasterium Hanswycanum extructum A° 1286 destructum 1577" (central folding part. split). Hanswijk church and cloister before the destruction in 1577, after an old engraving. Ref. Kocken, M. - Mechelen volgens Van den Eynde. (Mechelen, J. Stevens, 1982), n. 23, 61, 84.