After Pierre-Joseph Redouté
French Neoclassical Botanical Engravings
Circa 1824
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Description
A set of French botanical engravings.
- Sold as a set of 4.
- Stipple-engraved plates depicting roses printed in colors and finished by hand after Pierre Joseph Redouté (Belgian-French, 1759–1840) from the 1st octavo edition in 1824.
- Redouté was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolors of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison.
- This set comes from the artist's series "Les Roses."
- Each matted behind glass in gilt frames having text pages from the 1828 octavo edition of "Les Roses" in pockets en versos with a photocopy of the title page.
Provenance
Shapero Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above.
Condition Report
Revive
Fair
GoodVery Good
Like New
Light toning to prints with occasional minute spots of foxing.
Not examined outside of frames.
Dimensions
Height: 15 inches / 38.1 cm
Width: 12 inches / 30.48 cm
Sight Height: 8 inches / 20.32 cm
Sight Width: 5.75 inches / 14.61 cm
Materials
Paper, Clear Glass, Gilt Wood
Period
Empire
Decorative Style
Neoclassical Style
Country of Origin
France