Lillium Pomponium (Turban Lily), plate 7 from Les Liliacées (1802–16): Art, History and Details

Lillium Pomponium (Turban Lily), plate 7 from Les Liliacées (1802–16) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is De Gouy (French, 1670–1830); Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The Belgian Pierre-Joseph Redouté became the most celebrated botanical illustrator of his day, serving as court painter in France to Marie Antoinette and later, the Empress Josephina. Called the “Raphaël des fleurs” (Raphael of flowers), he published two lavish collections of his botanical illustrations that were reproduced as stipple engravings, printed in color, and finished with painting by hand. This is one plate from the eight-volume Les Liliacées (1802–1816), which is devoted to the lily family—plants that grow from bulbs, corms, or tubers.

Object facts

• Title: Lillium Pomponium (Turban Lily), plate 7 from Les Liliacées
• Date: 1802–16
• Creator attribution: De Gouy (French, 1670–1830); Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840)
• Culture: France
• Type: Print
• Technique: stipple engraving with hand coloring
• Dimensions: Sheet: 53.7 x 35.9 cm (21 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2020.164

A detail from the museum

The artist's great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and two brothers all earned their living as artists.

Collection credit

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift

View the collection record

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