Lot 21
  • 21

Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

Asparagus sarmentosus | Asperge sarmenteuse



Very fine watercolor drawing on vellum (18 3/4 x 14 in.; 476 x 356 mm), unsigned, the original painting for plate 460 of Les Liliacées (Paris: 1802-1816). Floated, glazed and framed. Native to India and Sri Lanka.

Provenance

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