JEAN FRANCOIS LECOINTE (Abbeville, 1783-Versailles, 1858) THE TURKISH BATHS RUE DU TEMPLE INTERIOR VIEW Watercolour Signed lower left The Turkish Baths, Rue du Temple - Interior View A VUE : 28,5 x 51,5 CM - 11,2 x 20,2 IN. Pupil of Bellanger then of the Ecole spéciale d'architecture. He worked with Hittorf on the restoration of the Salle Favart (1823) and the construction of the Ambigu-Comique theatre (1828). As architects to the king (Louis XVIII and then Charles X), they both directed work on royal festivals and ceremonies. PROVENANCE D. David-Weill Collection David-Weill Collection, Old Drawings and Paintings, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9 and 10 June 1971, lot 91.