(2) Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) Austrian/French, Original Botanical Engravings. In matching gilt frames, one titled Gladiolus Mucronatus and the other Polygonatum Latifolium, both with the page of text that corresponds to the image affixed to the back of the frame. Information about the artist, the years they were likely produced (1797-1801), and prices paid previously written in pen upper left corner of back. 

Overall Size: 31 1/2 x 24 in. 

Sight Size: 20 x 13 in. 

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) was an official court painter to Marie Antoinette and Empress Joséphine, widely celebrated as one of the greatest botanical illustrators in history. Born in the Austrian Netherlands into a family of artists, he mastered copperplate stipple engraving combined with hand-colored watercolors, setting a new standard for botanical accuracy and artistic elegance. Dubbed the “Raphael of Flowers,” his most famous works, particularly his lavish multi-volume publications Les Roses and Les Liliacées, remain influential masterworks of natural history art to this day.

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