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Artists›Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

French, 1759–1840

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Pierre-Joseph Redouté, was a painter and botanist from the Austrian Netherlands, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large coloured stipple engravings. He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 10d ago

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Artworks (7)

Cabbage Rose (Rosa Centifolia Simplex)

1817 · watercolor

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Roses: Rosa Gallica Purpurea Velutina Parva

1817 · color stipple engraving with watercolor added by hand

Sheet: 53.5 x 33.8 cm (21 1/16 x 13 5/16 in.); Platemark: 34.9 x 25.9 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Roses: China or Bengal Rose

1817 · color stipple with watercolor added by hand

Sheet: 36.5 x 27.3 cm (14 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.); Platemark: 35.3 x 26.1 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Brier Bush Rose or Dog Rose (Rosa Sepium Rosea)

1817 · watercolor

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pasture Rose (Rosa Carolina Corymbosa)

1817 · watercolor

Cleveland Museum of Art

Les Liliacées: Ornithogalum longibracteatum

1802 · stipple and line engraving, with hand coloring

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lillium Pomponium (Turban Lily), plate 7 from Les Liliacées

1802 · stipple engraving with hand coloring

Sheet: 53.7 x 35.9 cm (21 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Brier Bush Rose or Dog Rose (Rosa Sepium Rosea)
1817 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Roses: Rosa Gallica Purpurea Velutina Parva
1817 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Roses: China or Bengal Rose
1817 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Les Liliacées: Ornithogalum longibracteatum
1802 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pasture Rose (Rosa Carolina Corymbosa)
1817 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Cabbage Rose (Rosa Centifolia Simplex)
1817 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Lillium Pomponium (Turban Lily), plate 7 from Les Liliacées
1802 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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