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Lot #85 - After Nicolas-Martin Petit

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    Aboriginal & Oceanic Art & Artefacts
  • Sale Date:
    11 Feb 2018 ~ 2.30pm
  • Lot #:
    85
  • Lot Description:
    After Nicolas-Martin Petit
    (1777-1804) French
    Paraberi, Terre de Dieman (Bruny Island) c.1802
    Water color on paper (irregular paper, not industrial).
    Dia. 23 cm
    In a round wooden frame with original J. Decailloz label attached verso.
    This painting was made from the original water colour paintings by Nicolas-Martin Petit and Charles Alexandre Lesseur , official artists for 1800-1804 voyage by the Baudin Expedition in the French ships, Geographe and Naturaliste under the command of Nicolas Baudin (1754-1803). It is probably not by the hand of Petit or Lessuer. Sketches such as this were used as part of the production process & copies were made on board ship, therefore there are several copies extant.
  • Provenance:
    Private Collection, France
  • Exhibited:
    A copy of the engraving is in the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
  • References:
    The engraving of this work is illustrated: Peron, Francois. Voyage de decourvertes aux Terres Australes, execute par ordre de sa Majeste, l'Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les annees 1800,1801,1802,1804 et 1804, L'imprimerie Imperiale, Atlas Paris, 1807-1817, Pl. XI, engraved by Barthelemy Roger (1767-1841) French.
  • Notes:
    Petit signed on to Nicloas Baudin's Voyage of exploration & discovery, as a gunners mate along with Charles-Alexandre Leuseur (1778-1846), both were appointed as artists, after the 3 appointed artists left the expedition in Isle de France (Mauritius)
  • Estimate:
    A$18,000 - 25,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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