View of Luxembourg City from the Fetschenhof

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"View of Luxembourg City from the Fetschenhof"

View of Luxembourg City from the Fetschenhof (in French: Vue de la ville de Luxembourg depuis le Fetschenhof) is an oil painting by the Luxembourg painter Nicolas Liez (1809–1892) from 1870.

The 78 × 118 cm painting shows the city seen from the east over the Alzette valley with the railway viaduct . In the foreground is the beginning of the destruction of the city's fortifications decided at the London Conference of 1867. The point of view of the beholder today belongs to the Luxembourg district of Cents-Fetschenhof.

The picture is in the Luxembourg National Museum of History and Art.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vue de la ville de Luxembourg depuis le Fetschenhof. In: .europeana.eu. Retrieved January 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Cents-Fetschenhof. In: Ons-Stad. Retrieved January 7, 2020 .