Lot 257: Claude Aubriet (Châlons-sur-Marne 1665-1742 Paris)

Two studies of an exotic fruit, a cross section of the same and three seeds
inscribed 'Ghandiroboe vel Nhandiroboe Brasiliensibus Maregr. Hist. Plant. 47.semen in ambitu dentatum.' and 'Nhandiroboe scandentis, foliis Hederaceis, anguloisis fructus ex Plumerio.'
bodycolor on vellum
12 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. (306 x 448 mm.)

From the same album as a drawing at the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge (D. Scrase, Flower Drawings, Cambridge, 1997, no. 15). Aubriet worked for the Vélins du Roi and engraved plants for Tournefort. In 1700 he accompanied Tournefort on a trip to the Aegan and the Black Sea to record new plants. A plant was named after him.