| European Watercolors Gallery |
| Pancrace Bessa | |||
| (French 1772-1835) Pancrace Bessa was one of the most talented and popular flower painters of his day, and an outstanding pupil both of Redoute and of Gerard von Spaendonck. His paintings were regularly shown in the Paris Salon, and he produced watercolors on vellum for the French royal collection of watercolors on vellum known as the "Velins du Roi." Bessa is perhaps best known, however, for his printed works. He produced exquisite stipple engravings from his own watercolors in a number of great botanical books. Dunthorne describes his "Etudes des Fleurs et de Fruits" as "among the most exquisite of all flower prints in their beauty and delicacy of execution." Bessa collaborated with Redoute on a number of works, both as painter and as master engraver, producing the stunning engravings for Redoute's "Roses." | |||
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 Bessa - Albuca minor details |  Bessa - An owl with its prey details |  Bessa - Botanical Watercolor details |  Bessa - Botanical Watercolor details |  Bessa - Cornuti Pyramidal details |  Bessa - Salvia Chataire details |  Bessa - Viburnum Fragrans details | |
