Study of a gharial jaw and studies of oysters.
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- Study of a gharial jaw and studies of oysters.
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- 32,5 x 42,5 cm
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- Gouache on vellum.
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- Zoological study by Pancrace Bessa, executed in gouache on vellum during the first half of the 19th century, depicting a gharial jawbone and studies of oysters. Combining scientific precision with remarkable technical refinement, the work belongs to the naturalist tradition associated with the French Enlightenment and was likely connected to the royal Vélins du Roi collection. A pupil of Gérard van Spaendonck and collaborator of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Bessa united descriptive rigor and artistic sensitivity in a composition of exceptional delicacy.
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