The Mulberry Courtyard at the Imperial School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1866, Zélia Lenoir

The mulberry courtyard at the imperial school of fine arts in paris in 1866. The so-called mulberry courtyard of the school of fine arts corresponds to the former cloister of the petits-augustins convent. At the end of the revolution, the convent became the museum of french monuments, whose management was entrusted to the young painter alexandre lenoir (1761 – 1839). In 1816, louis xviii closed the museum and assigned the place to the royal school of fine arts. The square courtyard of the mulberry tree, which owes its name to the mulberry tree from china that alexandre lenoir planted there, is located to the right of the main courtyard of the school, when you enter it from rue bonaparte; in 1836, félix duban gave it the appearance of a pompeian atrium, notably by installing a fountain in the center. Zélia flore lenoir was the granddaughter of alexandre lenoir and the daughter of albert lenoir (1801-1891). A watercolor by zélia lenoir of the same subject is kept at the musée d’orsay (inventory number: f 3457 c 1524). Object Type: painting. Genre: architectural painting. Date: 1866. Dimensions: height: 89 cm (35 in) ; width: 65 cm (25.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Zelia Lenoir - La cour du mûrier à l’Ecole Impériale des Beaux-Arts de Paris en 1866