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Herbier de L'Amateur de Fleurs
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Herbier de L'Amateur de Fleurs

Artist (French, 1772 - 1846)
Author (Belgian, 1778 - 1856)
Date1828
Mediumengraving on paper, hand-colored; printed text; bound in brown morocco with gold lettering on spine
DimensionsQuarto: 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (26.7 × 21 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.46.1.A
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
DescriptionBrussels, 1828; 74 plates with descriptive text. Bessa's floral painting are considered second only to Redoute's.
ProvenancePurchased January 29, 1960 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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