The house at number 111 has been demolished in the meantime. Thanks to the enlightened knowledge of Louis Schreyers and the research of Christian Clauss, passionate authors of books about Auderghem, the portion of the roadway represented could be determined. Madame Brasseur explains: "At the beginning of the 1920s, Delvaux regularly visited Auderghem and particularly the Rouge Cloître where he went to paint from life.
Published in the daily La Nacion Buenos Aires in 1925. The painting is indeed illustrated in the reference work: "Paul Delvaux, catalog raisonné de l'œuvre peint-Michel Butor, Jean Clair, Suzanne Houbart-Wilkin. It is irrefutably the Chaussée de Tervuren in the municipality of Auderghem and not in Boitsfort as the catalog raisonné erroneously states. Camille Brasseur, the street illustrated on the work could be precisely located. Thanks to the intervention of the Paul Delvaux Foundation and its director Mrs. Rare post-impressionist work from 1924 archived and documented by the Delvaux Foundation.
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