Studies of a blue and a white violet (Viola odorata)

Details

Italian School, 17th Century
Studies of a blue and a white violet (Viola odorata)
numbered '89' (1) and '90' (2)
black chalk, watercolour, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys (1)
13 x 9 3/8 in. (329 x 238 mm.) and 13 x 8 7/8 in. (329 x 226 mm.) (2)

Provenance

Accademia dei Lincei, Rome.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 May 1978.

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Lot Essay

From an album of botanical drawings, probably compiled by an early collector such as Cassiano dal Pozzo. Similar drawings are in the Royal Library, likewise, previously in the collection of the Accademia dei Lincei (Il Museo Cartaceo di Cassiano dal Pozzo, Olivetti, 1989, pls. 36, 38 and 44).

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