REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph
(b. 1759, Saint-Hubert, d. 1840, Paris)

Acacia Armata

1813
Watercolour and pencil on vellum
Private collection

This watercolour was produced for the Description Des Plantes Rares Cultivées à Malmaison et à Navarre (Paris 1812-17, text by Aimé-Jacques A. Bonpland), an illustrated catalogue of exotic and rare plants grown in the gardens at Empress Josephine's Châteaux at Malmaison and Navarre. It is signed and dated lower left P. J. Redouté 1813. and inscribed at bottom Acacia Armata.