Lot 11
  • 11

Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

Alisma ranunculoides | Fluteau renoncule ["Lesser water plantain"]



Very fine watercolor drawing on vellum (18 1/2 x 13 in.; 470 x 330 mm), signed, the original painting for plate 268 of Les Liliacées (Paris: 1802-1816). Floated, glazed and framed. Widely found in throughout Europe, northwest Africa, and the Canary Islands.

Provenance

Empress Josephine of France (sale in these rooms, 20 November 1985)