Sotheby's: Old Master Paintings and European Works of Art: Lot 147
l - PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTÉ SAINT-HUBERT 1759 - 1840 PARIS
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION
WREATH OF WILD ROSES
WREATH OF WILD ROSES
measurements note
15 1/4 by 10 5/8 in.; 38.7 by 27cm.
signed lower left P. J. Redouté.
watercolor and pencil on vellum, with gilt framing lines
PROVENANCE
With W. Graham Arader, New York;
By whom sold to the present collector.
EXHIBITED
Greenwich, CT, Bruce Museum of Arts & Sciences, The Floral Art of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, July 20- November 3, 2002; Fort Worth TX, Kimbell Art Museum, November 17, 2002-March 2, 2003, cat. no. 44.
NOTE
This is the original watercolor for the frontispiece illustration for Les Roses. In the published engravings, an excerpt in Greek from a poem dedicated to roses by the ancient Greek poet Anacreon (born circa 570 B.C.) was printed in the middle of the wreath (see Fig. 1).
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