Old Master Drawings

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Lot 78
  • 78

Jean-Baptiste Adanson

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste Adanson
  • A Houbara Bustard standing in a landscape, fanning its tail feathers
  • Watercolor and gouache over traces of pencil, within black ink framing lines;
    inscribed on the decorative border: HOBARA, ESPECE D'OUTARDE HUPPÉE DE L'INTERIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE / Peint d'après Nature Par J. Bte. Adanson l'An 4.eme de la Roue. F.se