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Pierre Joseph Redouté

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

Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. He survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted. He combined great artistic skills with a pleasing, ingratiating personality which assisted him with his influential patrons. After Queen Marie-Antoinette, his patrons included both of Napoleon's wives -- Empress Joséphine and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma—as well as Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily wife of Louis Philippe I, the last king of France.

Redouté collaborated with the greatest botanists of his day and participated in nearly fifty publications depicting both the familiar flowers of the French court and plants from places as distant as Japan, America, South Africa, and Australia. He worked from live plants rather than herbarium specimens, which contributed to his fresh, subtle renderings. He was painting during a period in botanical illustration (1798 – 1837) that is noted for the publication of outstanding folio editions with coloured plates. Redouté produced over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before. Of the French botanical illustrators employed in the French capital, Redouté is the one which remains in the public consciousness today. He is seen as an important heir to the tradition of the Flemish and Dutch flower painters Brueghel, Ruysch, van Huysum and de Heem.

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Rosa Indica Caryophyllea

Rosa Indica Caryophyllea (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Choix des plus belles fleurs pl 035

Choix des plus belles fleurs pl 035 (1827)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa Villosa Therebenthina

Rosa Villosa Therebenthina (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
La botanique de J. J. Rousseau Pl 18

La botanique de J. J. Rousseau Pl 18 (1805)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
La botanique de J. J. Rousseau Pl 60

La botanique de J. J. Rousseau Pl 60 (1805)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
A Bouquet of Flowers with Insects

A Bouquet of Flowers with Insects

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Description des plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre Pl.29

Description des plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre Pl.29 (1813)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa Muscosa Anemone-Flora

Rosa Muscosa Anemone-Flora (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Allium flavum

Allium flavum (1802-1816)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa Damascena Coccinea

Rosa Damascena Coccinea (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Lilium superbum

Lilium superbum (1802-1816)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa L’heritieranea

Rosa L’heritieranea (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa Pimpinellifolia Rubra

Rosa Pimpinellifolia Rubra (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa Alba Flore Pleno

Rosa Alba Flore Pleno (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
Rosa Indica Cruenta

Rosa Indica Cruenta (1817 - 1824)

Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840)
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