PROVENANCE: The first: Hotel Drouot
Galerie Michel Meyer, Paris
Acquired from the above, 1991
The second: Comissioned by Charles X of France, from the artist
By whom gifted to his daughter, Duchesse de Berry
Thence by descent to her sister, Teresa Cristina, Empress of Brazil
Barbosa Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro
Paulo Campos-Porto, Rio de Jainero
His sale, Lewis S. Hart Gallery, Beverly Hills, 17 November 1947, lot 80
Addison Fine Arts, San Francisco
Acquired from the above, 2006

EXHIBITED: The first: Paris, Galerie Michel Meyer, Dessins Anciens, 1991, no. 27
Morgan, 2001, no. 38
Yale, 2010, no. 69
The second: Rio de Janeiro, Botanical Garden; New York, New York Botanical Garden; Boston, Association for the Advancement of Science; San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, June 1946 - October 1947
New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, Flowers in Books and Drawings, ca. 940-1840, 1980, no. 125
Yale 2010, no. 68

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