Redoute Aster Chinensis. Chinese Asters flower print.

by Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Chinese Aster botanical illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redouté.

Reproduction from a stipple engraving after a painting by 'the Raphael of flowers' Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) for his Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruit's 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 lavish gardens at Malmaison outside Paris.

Size of this print is 13 x 10 inches or 33 x 25cm