Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759-1840 ), A Bouquet of Flowers with Insects, watercolor with gold on vellum; laid down, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Instructors of botanical art will find drawings and paintings of flowers and trees they may want to share with students in their presentations about botanical art history, drawing or painting. Paintings that may be of particular interest to botanical artists are the paintings by Pierre Joseph Redouté and the two paintings and one drawing by Jan van Huysum. Images are available in high-resolution format and in a “Quick Download” format for presentations and screen use. Each image can be viewed in a “lightbox” format. In this format, details about each image are provided and this information can be printed on a single sheet of paper.
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