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Joaquim José Insley Pacheco was born in Portugal in 1830 and died in Rio de Janeiro in 1912. He combined photography, drawing and painting in a career largely based in Brazil. His studio on Rua do Ouvidor offered several photographic processes alongside painted portraits. He worked for the imperial family: photographs of Pedro II, Teresa Cristina and Leopoldina at Quinta da Boa Vista are documented in 1855.
The photographic portrait of Princess Isabel dated 1883 belongs to this aspect of his practice. His painting also explored landscape. A small View of Guanabara Bay, held by the Museu da Vida at Fiocruz, brings together coastal vegetation, buildings and distant hills. The picture connects topographical observation with a panoramic arrangement of distinct elements across the landscape.
This profile brings together identity references for Joaquim Insley Pacheco and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
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Oil on cardboard
Fortaleza da Santa Cruz
Öl auf Karton
Catalogue period : 2013-06-15
Published result : 5443 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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