Antoine BÉGON de la Rouzière (Saint-Pont 1788 - Paris 1867) Paris, seen from the artist's window Watercolor and gouache on paper. Dated on verso "janvier 49/ ?à midi à l'heure/". (Slightly faded, stains). 24.3 x 30.1cm Exhibition: Paris, Salon de 1850, no. 1794 ("Paris, l'été ; idem [aquarelle]") Antoine Bégon de La Rouzière studied watercolor with Louis-Étienne Watelet (1780-1866). When the artist painted this view, he lived at 7, rue du Regard, Hôtel de Beaune. The first tenant of this hotel was the Viscountess de Beaune in 1720, who gave it her name. After her, the hotel passed to the Prince de Robeck, Grand Duke of Spain. From 1825 to 1826, writer François-René de Chateaubriand took up residence here, as evidenced by a plaque on the exterior wall. From 1830 to 1841, Claude-Victor Perrin (1764-1841), Marshal of the Empire, also known as Marshal Victor, Duke of Bellune, took up residence. The hotel subsequently belonged to his son Victor-François Perrin, second Duke of Bellune, before being occupied by the Marquise d'Hautefeuille.