Pale-blue Iris & Butterfly, Iris Xiphium Redouté illustration.

by Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Lovely print. Pretty Iris wearing a butterfly bow-tie.

Reproduction 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 (Choice of the most beautiful flowers & fruit), originally 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 outside Paris.

Print size, 33 x 25cm (13 x 10 inches). We recommend ultraviolet-protective art glass for all picture framing, to prevent fading.