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A rosebush
Details
Pancrace Bessa Paris 1772-1835 Ecouen
A rosebush
oil on canvas
18¼ x 22 in. 46.5 x 56 cm.
A rosebush
oil on canvas
18¼ x 22 in. 46.5 x 56 cm.
Provenance
By descent in the family of the artist until the late 1980s.
Literature
L. B. Bruno, 'Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration', Bulletin of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Illustration, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall 2008, p. 8, illustrated.