Lot 15
  • 15

Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

Polygonatum sibiricum | Polygonatum de Sibérie ["Siberian Solomon's Seal"]



Very fine watercolor drawing on vellum (18 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.; 476 x 350 mm), signed, the original painting for plate 315 of Les Liliacées (Paris: 1802-1816). Floated, glazed and framed. Found in south and west Europe, as well as northwest Africa.

Provenance

Empress Josephine of France (sale in these rooms, 20 November 1985)