Redouté. Roses

Pierre-Joseph Redouté , illustrator and botanist, was an unparalleled master of botanical illustration and engraving . His best-known work, Les Roses, was published in three volumes between 1817 and 1824. This refined edition demonstrates his extraordinary ability to capture the singular beauty of nature with precision and vivacity.
"Wonderful roses with timeless beauty. A jewel, and not just for rose lovers."

The celebrated tradition of botanical illustration It dates back to the Renaissance. It arose from the desire to catalog nature in all its unpredictable splendor. Such a goal required the work of the most precise and talented artists.

Thanks to its extraordinary ability to capture the most intricate subjects present in nature, Pierre-Joseph Redouté is widely considered the greatest painter and engraver of the art of botanical illustration . The choice to work with live plants rather than herbal specimens gave his watercolors an unusual delicacy and freshness. An innovator in printing techniques , he introduced "dot engraving" to France and never stopped perfecting the accuracy of his art. Redouté was fortunate to gain the favor of some of the wealthiest patrons of the time, including Marie Antoinette and the empress Josephine Bonaparte who financed and disseminated his work.

Its impressive collection includes more than 2000 paintings of plants illustrated with great meticulousness and maximum fidelity to nature . In this refined edition of With Les Roses , Redouté turns his attention to the most romantic, desirable, and evocative flower of all. Originally published in three volumes between 1817 and 1824, this is his most famous and celebrated work.

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