Pasture Rose (Rosa Carolina Corymbosa) (1817–24): Art, History and Details

Pasture Rose (Rosa Carolina Corymbosa) (1817–24) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840).

The work and its context

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

Born in Belgium, Pierre-Joseph Redouté was trained by his father and began a ten-year career as an itinerant artist at age 13. He joined his brother in Paris working on theater sets and decorations, but his true love was flower painting, such as this drawing. Redouté achieved an international reputation for his botanical illustrations and enjoyed a long, successful career.

Object facts

• Title: Pasture Rose (Rosa Carolina Corymbosa)
• Date: 1817–24
• Creator attribution: Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: watercolor
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1959.15

A detail from the museum

Pierre-Joseph Redouté's life ended at age 81, when he had a stroke while examining a lily.

Collection credit

Gift in the name of Warren H. Corning from his wife and children

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” June 13, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
• S. E. L. “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 10 (December 1959): 210–231.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

View the collection record

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