Redoute botanical illustration Gladiolus Laccatus. Pink Watsonia Gladioli
by Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Gladioli reproduction print from engraving of Redouté painting.
Printed from a stipple engraving after a painting by 'the Raphael of flowers' Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) for his Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits, his (Choice of the most beautiful flowers & fruit), originally published in Paris between 1827 and 1830.
Redoute painted exquisite watercolours on vellum for his employer Napoleon's Empress Josephine to record the plants and flowers in her extensive. s[ectacular gardens at Malmaison outside Paris, where spectacular plants and shrubs from all around the world were cultivated and thrived.
Size of this print is 13 x 10 inches or 33 x 25cm. The paper colour is even, and light cream in tone. It is not darker around the edges.
Stock Number: daBot38Price: $25.00