I. DUVIVIER (1758-1832), Abbaye Notre Dame du Mont, Watercolor Ignace Duvivier (1758 Rians (Var) / Marseille - 1832 Paris): The remains of the Abbaye Notre Dame du Mont in Watten near Calais, 19th century, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor and Pen drawing on Paper, mounted on Paper Inscription: At the lower part inscribed by the artist's hand: "restes du chateau de Thieri d’Alzace. en le prioret ou l’on à trouvé dernierement le Corp de Thieri d’Alzace et de la serinesse son Epouse la Maison d’Habsbourg tire son origine de cette maison". numbered: "82.", "28)" und "31". Date: 19th century Description: The ruins of an old fortress tower high above the landscape, a road winds up the sparsely overgrown slopes to the building on high rocks. On the right, the slender tower of the abbey (burial place of Dietrich of Alsace) rises on a slightly lower hill. On the right, in the distance, we see the roofs of a settlement above a sheer rock face. Provenance: Sammlung Ritter von Pfeiffer, Wien; Boerner, Leipzig, 1914 Keywords: Castle, ruin, village, town, monastery, abbey, church, tower, landscape, Alsace, watercolour, drawing, France, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, France, Size: Paper: 26,0 cm x 41,5 cm (10,2 x 16,3 in)