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Tulipa gesneriana var. dracontia (Parrot Tulip), 1816, After Pierre-Joseph Redouté, French, Flemish (active France), 17591840, 19 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (49.53 x 32.7 cm) (plate), Stipple engraving, printed in color and hand-colored, France, 19th century, Pierre-Joseph Redouté's phenomenal skill as a botanical illustrator was clearly equaled by his skill as a diplomat, for he enjoyed the patronage of both Marie Antoinette and Josephine Bonaparte. Many of the lilies illustrated in Les Liliacées were cultivated in Josephine's large greenhouse-heated by twelve coal-fired stoves-at her country residence Malmaison.

Tulipa gesneriana var. dracontia (Parrot Tulip), 1816, After Pierre-Joseph Redouté, French, Flemish (active France), 17591840, 19 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (49.53 x 32.7 cm) (plate), Stipple engraving, printed in color and hand-colored, France, 19th century, Pierre-Joseph Redouté's phenomenal skill as a botanical illustrator was clearly equaled by his skill as a diplomat, for he enjoyed the patronage of both Marie Antoinette and Josephine Bonaparte. Many of the lilies illustrated in Les Liliacées were cultivated in Josephine's large greenhouse-heated by twelve coal-fired stoves-at her country residence Malmaison.
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Tulipa gesneriana var. dracontia (Parrot Tulip), 1816, After Pierre-Joseph Redouté, French, Flemish (active France), 17591840, 19 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (49.53 x 32.7 cm) (plate), Stipple engraving, printed in color and hand-colored, France, 19th century, Pierre-Joseph Redouté's phenomenal skill as a botanical illustrator was clearly equaled by his skill as a diplomat, for he enjoyed the patronage of both Marie Antoinette and Josephine Bonaparte. Many of the lilies illustrated in Les Liliacées were cultivated in Josephine's large greenhouse-heated by twelve coal-fired stoves-at her country residence Malmaison.
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3533 x 5303 px | 53.6 MB
Print size:
29.9 x 44.9 cm | 11.8 x 17.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17591840 • 1816 • 19TH CENTURY • ACTIVE FRANCE • AMBASSADOR • BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATOR • COLOR • COLOUR • COUNTRY RESIDENCE MALMAISON • CULTIVATED • DRACONTIA • ENJOYED • EQUALED • FLEMISH • FRANCE • FRENCH • HAND-COLORED • JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE • JOSEPHINE'S LARGE GREENHOUSE-HEATED • LES LILIACÉES • LILIES ILLUSTRATED • MARIE ANTOINETTE • PARROT TULIP • PATRONAGE • PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTÉ'S PHENOMENAL SKILL • PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTE • PLATE • PRINTED • SKILL • STIPPLE ENGRAVING • TULIPA GESNERIANA VAR • TWELVE COAL-FIRED STOVES-