Lillium Pomponium (Turban Lily), plate 7 from Les Liliacées
De Gouy (French, 1670–1830)
1802–16
Medium
stipple engraving with hand coloring
Dimensions
53.7 × 35.9 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Accession Number
2020.164
Tags
male
About this artwork
The Belgian Pierre-Joseph Redouté became the most celebrated botanical illustrator of his day, serving as court painter in France to Marie Antoinette and later, the Empress Josephina. Called the “Raphaël des fleurs” (Raphael of flowers), he published two lavish collections of his botanical illustrations that were reproduced as stipple engravings, printed in color, and finished with painting by hand. This is one plate from the eight-volume Les Liliacées (1802–1816), which is devoted to the lily f...