3. Prints - Pierre Joseph Redoute, Les Liliacees . Standard folio edition
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Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) was a well-known Belgian painter famous for his exquisite paintings of flowers. He became a favoured artist at the court of France, patronized by kings from Louis XVI to Louis-Philippe. He was an official court artist of Queen Marie Antoinette, and he continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Redouté survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants. His delicate botanical prints were not only framed as pictures but also used for china patterns. Perhaps his most well-known works were Les Liliacées, which contained 500 plates of lilies produced from 1802-1815, and Les Roses produced from 1817-1821. Over his long career based in Paris, Redouté contributed over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before.
Les Liliacées consists of 8 volumes and 500 plates which were completed between 1802 and 1816.