Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1800-1840)
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Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1800-1840)

Columba Venusta

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Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1800-1840)
Columba Venusta
signed and dated 'J.G.Prêtre 1824' and inscribed 'Fig Colombe tourteline. (Male adulte) - tourtelette (Jaune.) in pencil (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
19 x 13 5/8in. (48.3 x 34.6cm.)
with two watercolours of Pyrrhula synoica and Magapod rubripes by Jean Gabriel Prêtre and Nicolas Huet (3)
Provenance
Comte Constant d'Yanville.
Daniel de Granges.
Literature
C.J. Temmink, M. Laugier de Chartreuse, Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'oiseaux., 1820-39, vol. 4, pl. 341, vol. 3, pl. 375.
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