Les Roses: Rosa villosa, pomifera
1820
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1820
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Henry Joseph Redouté painted soft pink roses with thorny green stems. The petals look almost real enough to touch. Light catches the curve of each bloom. This is one plate from a book of 124 flower prints. Redouté worked from live roses, not sketches. He studied texture and color carefully. See these roses next to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s copy of the book.
