JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR ARAGO (ESTAGEL 1790-1855 RIO DE JANEIRO)

Lot 96
26.03.2025 15:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
ID 1389959
Lot 96 | JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR ARAGO (ESTAGEL 1790-1855 RIO DE JANEIRO)
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€ 2 000 – 3 000
JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR ARAGO (ESTAGEL 1790-1855 RIO DE JANEIRO)
Costumes des différents ordres religieux du Brésil
signé ‘Arago Je fecit, 1818’ (en bas à droite), titré ‘Rio Janeiro, 1818’ (en haut au centre) et inscrit ‘Costumes des différens ordres religieux du Brésil’ en bas au centre
graphite, aquarelle, traits d'encadrement à la plume et encre noire
28,5 x 37,4 cm (11 ¼ x 14 ¾ in.)




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JACQUES ETIENNE VICTOR ARAGO, COSTUMES OF THE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN BRAZIL, GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOR, SIGNED AND DATED
In September 1817, Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet and his crew left the harbour of Toulon and sailed around the world. Jacques Etienne Victor Arago took part in the expedition as a draughtsman and produced a series of representations of the landscapes and peoples they encountered. Dated September 1818, the present drawing shows the different ecclesiastical orders present in Brazil and encountered in Rio de Janeiro as indicated in the handwritten notes, from left to right: Brother beggar, Carmelite, Benedictine, Franciscan, abbot, ... of the order of friars (?) ...
Detail: at the top, ‘Rio de Janeiro, 1818’ ; at the bottom from left to right ‘...’ ; in the lower right corner ‘Arago septembre 1818’
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