PANCRACE BESSA (PARIS 1772-1846 ECOUEN)

Lot 75
18.05.2022 14:30UTC +01:00
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€ 4 000
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 761274
Lot 75 | PANCRACE BESSA (PARIS 1772-1846 ECOUEN)
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€ 4 000 – 6 000
PANCRACE BESSA (PARIS 1772-1846 ECOUEN)Branche fleurie de malpighier à feuilles d'Yeuse blanchessigné 'P. Bessa.' (en bas à gauche)graphite, aquarelle et gouache, rehaussé de gomme arabique, traits d'encadrement rehaussé d'or22,3 x 17,3 cm (8 3⁄4 x 6 3⁄4 in.) Provenance Charles X, roi de France (1757-1836), à sa belle fille, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, Duchette de Berry (1798-180), puis à sa sœur Thérèse-Christine de Bourbon-Siciles Cristina, impératrice consort du Brésil, à Joao Barbosa Rodrigues (1842-1909), puis par descendance sa veuve d'où acquis par Paulo Campos-Porto (1889-1968), à sa fille Flora de Campos-Porto. Post lot text Notice sur www.christies.com.PANCRACE BESSA, A BRANCH OF A WHITE MALPIGHIA COCCIFERA, GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOUR AND BODYCOLOUR, HEIGHTENED WITH ARABIC GUM, GOLD FRAMING LINES, SIGNEDAccording to the description in the Herbier général de l'Amateur, published between 1816 and 1827, this plant, Malpighia, native to Cayenne and Martinique and introduced to Europe around 1733, was named by Charles Plumier in homage to the physician Marcello Malpighi. This vellum is a preparatory work for the corresponding engraving featured in the book by Jean-Claude Michel Mordant de Launay.
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