Les Roses, Three Botanical Illustrations by Pierre Joseph Redouté, 1817 – 1824
Pierre Joseph Redouté (Belgian, 1759 – 1840) has been called the world’s greatest botanical illustrator (Wikipedia). He painted these three plates and others for the bound botanical volume called Les Roses, supported by Josephine Bonaparte and published … Continue reading
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