Pierre Joseph Redouté

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1759-1840

Rose

Apr. 1840

Watercolor over pencil on vellum.

9 7/8 x 7 15/16 inches (251 x 202 mm)

Bequest of Mr. Edwin de T. Bechtel.

1957.23

Inscription:

Signed and dated, in pen and brown ink, at lower left, "P. J. Redouté / (Avril 1840)".

Provenance:

Philip Hofer; Edwin de T. Bechtel.

Notes:

This unfinished drawing is considered to be one of the artist's last works; he died on June 19, 1840.

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