Redouté Lychnide a grandes fleurs, Lychnis grandiflora illustration.

by Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Lovely botanical illustration of delicate Chinese Lychnis flower.

Reproduction from a hand-coloured stipple engraving by Victor after a painting by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) for his "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits" (Choice of the most beautiful flowers and fruit) published in Paris between 1827 and 1830. Redouté painted exquisite watercolours on vellum for his employer Napoleon's Empress Josephine to record the plants and flowers in her extensive gardens at Malmaison. 

Print size is 13 x 10 inches or 33 x 25cm.