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Lot 94: Landscapes in the environs of Rio de Janeiro

Est: £15,000 GBP - £20,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomSeptember 26, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Benjamin Mary (1792-1846)
Landscapes in the environs of Rio de Janeiro
brown and blue washes heightened with white on paper
unframed
7 1/8 x 8 1/8in. (18 x 20.5cm.) and smaller (7)

Artist or Maker

Notes

Benjamin Mary was nominated the first Belgian chargé d'affaires to Brazil in July 1832. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he spent five years in Brazil. He signed Belgium up to the commercial treaty Brazil had signed with the Dutch in 1828, winning him the plaudits of Leopold I and the order of the Cruzeiro from the Brazilian government. He travelled in Brazil, visiting Olinda and Salvador, and, outside his professional activities, spent his time sketching and botanising. A number of his drawings were lithographed for Spix and Martius' Flora Brasiliensis and a number of his original Brazilian drawings survive. For these, see G. Ferrez, Dessins Anciens des Environs de Rio de Janeiro de Benjamin Mary (1792-1846) , Brussels, 1974 and Ferrez, Iconografia do Rio de Janeiro , nos 2430-2598. A panoramic view of Rio on seven sheets was sold for the artist's descendants, Christie's, 21 Sept. 2000, lot 21 (£31,735). His work for Flora Brasiliensis is in the Hans von Martius collection in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.


THIS LOT CAN BE VIEWED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY IN CHRISTIE'S RIO DE JANEIRO OFFICE

Auction Details

Exploration and Travel

by
Christie's
September 26, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK