Redoute Blue Gentians with Butterfly. Gentiana Acaulis print.

$30.00

Gentian Auculis with butterfly, delightful botanical illustration.

Reproduction from a stipple engraving after a painting by “the Raphael of flowers” Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) for his "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits" (Choice of the most beautiful flowers & fruit). Originally published in Paris circa 1827-1830.

Redoute painted exquisite watercolours on vellum for his employer Napoleon's Empress Josephine to record the plants and flowers in her lavish gardens at Malmaison.

Size of this print is 13 x 10 inches or 33 x 25cm.