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Attributed to Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (1755-1830)
La Glória Church, Rio de Janeiro, with the Sugar Loaf beyond; and Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro, with Corcovado, and Pedra da Gávea beyond
pencil and watercolour on paper
1434 x 1978in. (37.4 x 50.5cm.)
1478 x 1978in. (37.8 x 50.5cm.)
The first subject relates to Taunay's celebrated oils of La Glória for which see P Corrêa do Lago, Taunay e o Brasil Obra Completa 1816-1821, Sao Paulo, 2008, pp.96, 116 and 138, P-4, P-9 and P-15. Corrêa do Lago also accepts a watercolour version of P-4, the only work on paper hitherto given to Taunay in Brazil (ibid. pp.180-81, A-1, measuring 26.5 x 37cm.)
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