Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ<br />
Flemish 1759–1840<br />
Rosa Gallica pontiana<br />
page no. 121 in Les Roses (Roses) Vol. 2 by Claude<br />
Antoine Thory, published by C. L. F. Panckoucke, Paris<br />
1824–26<br />
colour engraving<br />
Fondation Napoléon, Paris<br />
Donation Lapeyre inv. 5314<br />
Josephine also established a comprehensive rose<br />
collection at Malmaison. In order to record her<br />
achievement, she formally appointed Redouté as<br />
‘painter <strong>of</strong> flowers’ in 1805. Josephine set about<br />
acquiring almost every known variety <strong>of</strong> rose for her<br />
collection, which eventually comprised hundreds<br />
<strong>of</strong> varieties. Although begun during the Empire<br />
on the Empress’s orders, Les roses (Roses) was<br />
published only during the Restoration, appearing<br />
in thirty installments between 1817 and 1824.<br />
The text was the work <strong>of</strong> Claude Antoine Thory,<br />
and all <strong>of</strong> the illustrations were by Redouté.<br />
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