Belgian painter and botanist (1759–1840)

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French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Richea glauca: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté after J. Piron.

Gentiane sans tige : Gentianae acaulis / P.J. Redouté.

Cineraria aurita: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.

Bouquet de camélias narcisses et pensées / P.J. Redouté.

Rosa gallica stapeliae flora : Rosier de Provins à fleurs de stapelie / P.J. Redouté.

Iris triflora : iris à trois fleurs / par P.J. Redouté.

Ballot (Exocarpos cupressiformis Lab.): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté and J. Piron.

Cineraria lobata: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by F. Hubert, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.

Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Australian fuchsia (Correa sp.): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien and J. L. Perée, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Diplarrhena moroea Labill.: flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida (Labill.) Baillon): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by F. Sansom, c.1800, after P. J. Redouté.

Australian honeysuckle (Banksia repens): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

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Pierre-Joseph Redouté

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Images by Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Images featuring Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Works from the collections

Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Rosa gallica stapeliae flora : Rosier de Provins à fleurs de stapelie / P.J. Redouté.

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida (Labill.) Baillon): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by F. Sansom, c.1800, after P. J. Redouté.

Australian honeysuckle (Banksia repens): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Frequent collaborators

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Images from the collections

Images by Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Images featuring Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Works from the collections

Dryandra nivea: flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Rosa gallica stapeliae flora : Rosier de Provins à fleurs de stapelie / P.J. Redouté.

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida (Labill.) Baillon): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by F. Sansom, c.1800, after P. J. Redouté.

Australian honeysuckle (Banksia repens): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Frequent collaborators

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