Bessa, Pancrace (1772 Paris - 1835 Ecouen)

Lot 1537 limit € 130

hand-colored stippling, rose branch in full bloom, decorative execution in excellent coloring, lower left inscribed "P. Bessa pinxt / DANLOS AINE editeur" and right "London Victor Delarue Publisher / Alex.dre Chaponnier sculpt", later copy from the original plate Bessa's "Fleurs et Fruits", (Paris & London: Danlos ainé & Victor Delarue 1808), large watermark of the Librairie Dorbon-Aîné lower right, slight signs of age (including browned, slightly wavy, 1 x tear approx. 2 cm upper right), Sheet approx. 54 x 40 cm, around 1900