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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Rosa gallica maheka (flore subsimplici)
- Watercolour over pencil with touches of bodycolour, within gold framing lines, on vellum;
signed in gold, lower left: P.J. Redouté.;
the mount inscribed in gold: Rosa Gallica Maheka (flore subsimplici.) and bears numbering in pencil, lower right: 41
Literature
P.-J. Redouté and C.-A. Thory, Les Roses, Paris 1817-24, vol. III, pp. 78-79, engraved by Langlois
Condition
Laid down on mount. Some discolouration at the edges of the sheet from the glue applied to the verso. There are also some isolated small, light yellow stains: one at the lower edge, one near the lower left corner, and another near the right margin, below the centre. Otherwise condition is good and the watercolour very strong.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Now known as 'La Belle Sultane' to commemorate Aimée du Buc de Rivéry (1776-1817) a cousin of the Empress Josephine from Martinique, who was lost at sea at the age of eleven. Legend has it that the ship was attacked and the girl enslaved by corsairs, who sold her to Sultan Abdul Hamid I of Istanbul. On becoming his wife, she took the name of Naksh-i-Dil Haseki and bore a son, who became Sultan Mahmud II.