Pancrace Bessa

Category
ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHY - ARCHITECTURE

Language
FRENCH

Pancrace Bessa [1] was a French natural history artist, best known for his botanical illustrations. Bessa was a student of the great engraver Gerard van Spaendonck and worked alongside Pierre-Joseph Redouté, some of whose influence shows in Bessa's detailed and delicate treatment of his subjects. He was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salons between 1806 and 1831. The standard author abbreviation Bessa is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2] <

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