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Hyacinthus Orientalis
Hyacinthus Orientalis
Hyacinthus Orientalis

Hyacinthus Orientalis


Artist (French 1772–1846)
Date1810–1826
MediumWatercolor on white vellum
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 x 4 9/16 x 4 9/16 in. (18.7 x 11.6 x 11.6 cm)
Credit LinePresented in Memory of James Rea Maxwell Jr., Class of 1921
Object number74.4
ClassificationsPainting
Object NameWatercolor
CultureWestern European
NationalityFrench
On View
Not on view
Century
  • Nineteenth
More Information
Signedbottom left: P. Bessa
Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Remembering: A Selection of Gifts from 1974–2020, Palmer Museum of Art, August 26–December 18, 2022. Flora and Fauna, Palmer Museum of Art, May 19–August 16, 2015. Alumni Gifts: 1972–1979, Museum of Art, The Penn State University, April 16–June 10, 1979. Four Hundred Floral Watercolor Paintings by the Master Pancrace Bessa (1772–1831), auction, Gallery of Lewis S. Hart, Beverly Hills, CA, November 17–18, 1947. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, May–October 1947. New York Botanical Garden, New York, October 1946; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, December 26–31, 1946; Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI, April 1947. Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, June 1946. ProvenanceKing Charles X of France (1757–1836), purchased from the artist, 1826. Caroline, Duchess of Berry (daughter-in-law of Charles X), gift from Charles X, 1826. Teresa Cristina (sister of Caroline), Empress of Brazil, gift from Duchess of Berry, by 1843. Barbosa Rodriguez (director of Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden), gift from Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (husband of Teresa), 1889. Widow of Barbosa Rodriguez, by inheritance, 1909. Paulo Campos-Porto (grandson of Barbosa), from the estate of the widow of Barbosa, 1922. Mrs. Flora Castana Campos-Porto Ferreira (daughter of Paulo), by 1946. Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, purchased 1947. Mrs. James Rea Maxwell Jr. (or Emma H. Maxwell?), purchased from Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., 1974. Palmer Museum of Art, gift of Emma H. Maxwell in honor of James Rea Maxwell Jr., 1974.Published ReferencesFaces of Penn State 3, no. 3 (Fall/Winter 1977): back cover (ill., color). Four Hundred Floral Watercolor Paintings by the Master Pancrace Bessa (1772–1831) (auction catalogue) (Beverly Hills, CA: Gallery of Lewis S. Hart, 1947), 30 (no. 366).