Rosa Alpina vulgaris / Rosier des Alpes Commun

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Pierre Joseph Redouté was one of three brothers born to a family of Belgium painters. He left home at 13, intending to work as an artist and interior decorator, but later joined his elder brother as a theater set designer in Paris. While sketching flowers in a park, Redouté was spotted by botanist Charles Louis L'Heritier du Brutelle, who became his mentor. His first botanical illustrations were for L'Heritier’s ‘Stirpes Novae’ (1785-91). Empress Josephine, who collected every known species of rose for her gardens at the Chateau de la Malmaison, Paris, commissioned Redouté to record her roses. In 1786 he accompanied L'Heritier to London, where he visited the Vineyard nursery in Hammersmith and learnt stipple engraving and color printing.

Places

Subjects

alpine rose

Materials & Techniques

colour stipple engraving, aquatint

Artist

Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759 - 1840)
Jean Baptiste Chapuy (1760 - 1816)

Title

Rosa Alpina vulgaris / Rosier des Alpes Commun

Date

published 1817-1824

Medium

Colour stipple engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from F B Daniell, April 1962

GAC number

5776