Tricolor viola by Redouté, 1834 (édition classique) agatha to hang in both portrait

to hang in both portrait and landscape orientations

Red peony (paeonia) and a butterfly

Wet watercolour paper was pressed onto stipple-engraved copper plate

The frame and poster are delivered together

Redouté's famous edition of botanical paintings Choix des plus belle fleurs was published in Paris in 36 parts (each part with four plates) between 1827 and 1833

Tricolor viola by Redouté, 1834 (édition classique) agatha to hang in both portraitA print of tricolor viola originally published in Paris in Choix Des Plus Belle Fleurs et des Plus Beaux Fruits in 1827. Original artwork was painted by Pierre Joseph Redout, court artist for queens and empresses of France, starting from Marie Antoinette to Empress Josephine (wife of Napoleon) and her successor, Empress Marie Louise. This superb print is a faithful and restored copy of the original artwork with accurate colour balance on special paper