Lot Essay
There is another version of the subject by Hildebrandt, of similar size, and dated 1844, in the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, for which see G. Ferrez, O Brasil de Eduard Hildebrandt, Rio de Janeiro, [nd], p.71 (illustated in colour) and G. Ferrez, Iconografia do Rio de Janeiro 1530-1890, Catálogo Analítico, Rio de Janeiro, 2000, I, p.460, no.2932.