Maintenon Aqueduct

Maintenon Aqueduct  is an original Modern artwork realized by Luigi Beltrami   (Genoa 1855 - 1933) in 1877 . 

Original Sepia Etching on ivory cardboard. 

Titled on plate on the lower right corner: Aqueduc de Maintenon.

Excellent conditions. 

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Maintenon Aqueduct   is an excellent Sepia etching realized in the Second half of the XIX Century by the Italian artist and architect Luigi Beltrami. The work depicts a view of the aqueduct of the Chateau de Maintenon, best known as being the private residence of the second spouse of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon.  The aqueduct was built from 1685 to supply the fountains of the park of the Palace of Versailles. The aqueduct had to have 47 arcades to the first row, 195 arcades to the second and 390 to the third one. The wars of Louis XIV prevented the work's completion. It is also classified as a Monument historique since 1875 by the French Ministry of Culture.

This work has been realized by the Italian artist   Luigi Beltrami   (Genoa 1855 - 1933).   He initially attended the Brera Academy, which he abandoned to follow  Camillo Boito in the Higher Technical Institute. In 1876, he moved to the Paris School of Fine Arts and dedicated himself to study trips. He came back to Milan two years later and became a professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts and then at the Polytechnic. Famous in the field of restoration, he is responsible for much of the current appearance of Piazza della Scala in Milan. It created the most important buildings on the sides not occupied by the Theater: Palazzo Beltrami (1886), Palazzo de La Permanente (1886), Palazzo Marino facade (1888-1892), Palazzo della Banca Commerciale (1923-1927) . He also carried out numerous restorations of medieval and Renaissance buildings (Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Rocca Sforzesca in Soncino, bell tower of San Marco in Venice). Other famous works include the Central Synagogue of Milan (1892) and the New headquarters of Corriere della Sera (1904).