id:			122875
accession number:	1943.138
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.138
updated:		2023-03-11 11:02:42.092000

The Roses: China or Bengal Rose, 1817–1824. Henry Joseph Redouté (French, 1766–1853), after Bessin (French), Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Color stipple with watercolor added by hand; sheet: 36.5 x 27.3 cm (14 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.); platemark: 35.3 x 26.1 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, for the Donald Gray Memorial Collection 1943.138

title:				The Roses: China or Bengal Rose
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creation date:			1817–1824
creation date earliest:		1817
creation date latest:		1824
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, for the Donald Gray Memorial Collection
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	color stipple with watercolor added by hand
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Stipple
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Dunthorne 229.232

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CREATORS

* Henry Joseph Redouté (French, 1766–1853)  - artist

* Bessin (French)  - artist

* Pierre-Joseph Redouté  - published by

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measurements: Sheet: 36.5 x 27.3 cm (14 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.); Platemark: 35.3 x 26.1 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1960-05-25T04:00:00
	<i>Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).

	title:		Flower Prints
	opening date:   1965-05-07T04:00:00
	<i>Flower Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 7-June 6, 1965).

	title:		The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints
	opening date:   1983-05-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-July 31, 1983).

	title:		Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1991-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01.  "Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19th-Century French Prints," no catalogue.

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PROVENANCE

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Hailed as the "Raphael of Flowers," Redouté achieved an international reputation for his botanical illustrations in watercolor, which were interpreted in the most refined techniques of stipple engraving and published in lavish portfolios. He was close friends with the empress Joséphine who, after marrying Napoléon Bonaparte in 1795, built an immense hothouse to shelter her magnificent collection of rare and exotic plants and opulent gardens at their country estate, Malmaison.  Joséphine also spent vast sums to catalogue her floral collections and so commissioned Redouté to record her 250 different species of roses. Redouté employed a workshop of 18 printmakers to execute the plates, which were inked à la poupée (see glossary) and then retouched with watercolor.
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