Ruines du Rhin Watercolor on Paper — Signed M. Le Maire – Vernet bees was a quinine-based apéritif wine

was a quinine-based apéritif wine that quickly became one of France’s most beloved aperitifs through the early 20th century

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whose likeness became the visual shorthand for genius itself

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Ruines du Rhin Watercolor on Paper — Signed M. Le Maire – Vernet bees was a quinine-based apéritif wineRuines du Rhin Watercolor on Paper Signed M. Le Maire Vernet A soft and romantic watercolor capturing the time worn majesty of a medieval ruinbelieved to be Rtteln Castle, whose towers still rise above the Rhine valley near the German French border. The work bears the signature M. Le Maire Vernet, likely referring to a French artist from the early to mid 20th century who recorded regional landscapes with a travelers eye and a poets restraint. The