Redouté Dark Blue & Yellow Primula Auricula print

by Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Oreilles d'Ours. Striking image of primula flowers from Mauve to purple with yellow centres.
Reproduction from a stipple engraving by Langlois after a painting by “the Raphael of flowers” Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) for his "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits" (Choice of the most beautiful flowers & fruit) published in Paris circa 1827-30

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. 

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