Lot 23
  • 23

Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

Ferraria ferrariola | Ferrarie ferrariole ["Spider Flower"]



Very fine watercolor drawing on vellum (18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.; 470 x 350 mm), not signed, the original painting for plate 484 of Les Liliacées (Paris: 1802-1816), with sketches and caption in pencil; slight marginal cockling. Floated, glazed and framed. Native to southern Africa.

Provenance

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