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Nicolas Robert French
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Redouté, a favorite of Empress Josephine, was the most famous botanical illustrator of the late 18th and early 19th century in France. His drawings of plants and flowers were well known through prints in luxury publications of the time.
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Title: Gloriosa Superba (Climbing Lily)
Artist:
Nicolas Robert (French, Langres 1614–1685 Paris)
Date: ca. 1660
Medium: Watercolor and gilt on vellum
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (38.7 × 29.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Anne H. Bass, 2015
Accession Number: 2015.604.2
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