Hedendaags Frankrijk
Isodore-Laurent Deroy
1861 - 1872
Medium
paper
Dimensions
434; 290
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
Art Historical Context
**Hedendaags Frankrijk** (Contemporary France), created by Belgian artist Isidore-Laurent Deroy between 1861 1872, captures the spirit of mid-19th-century France paper, measuring a modest 290 × 434 mm. Deroy, a skilled lithographer and illustrator active in Brussels, was renowned for his detailed views of cities, historical scenes, and portraits. This work, likely a print, reflects the era's fascination with modernity during Napoleon III's Second Empire, a time of rapid urbanization, the 1867 Paris Exposition, and Baron Haussmann's transformation of Paris into a gleaming metropolis. The title...