1799,TOP REDOUTE' PAINTED HAND LARGE FOLIO CYTISUS BS
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Title "Arbres et Arbustes" Author /Artist Redouté . Date 1799-1 819 Sizes 10" x 15" 7/8 (25,5 x 40,5 cm) Descri ption Numbered Color stipple engraving. Names in French and Latin . Rare w ith b eautiful original hand coloring. Other plates Other Plates . "Arbres et Arbuste" By Pierre-Jose ph Redouté Biography of the Artist . Pierre-Joseph Redouté (17 99 – 1 819 ) Born in Saint-Hubert in 1759, Pierre-Joseph Redouté was a Belgian artist and botanist. He began his career as interior decorator and painter of cathedrals of Northern Europe pieces . In 1782 Redouté joined his elder brother - Antoine Ferdinand, an interior decorator and scenery designer - in Paris. There he was discovered by the botanist C. L. L’Héritier de Brutelle, who trained him as a botanical artist and employed him to illustrate his publications. L’Héritier also introduced Redouté to the French court and help him to be appointed as official painter of the Queen’s Cabinet. Some years later Redouté also become the official Artist of the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. During Josephine patronage Redouté produced his most celebrated plates illustrating many exotic plants for the greatest French botanical works of his period: the “ Jardin de Malmaison ” (1803-1805), a large format collection of 120 plates , followed by “ Les Lilacees ” (1802-18
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