The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Les Liliacées: Ornithogalum longibracteatum

1802–16

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

(French, 1759–1840)
France, 19th century
stipple and line engraving, with hand coloring
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Arnold M. Davis 1955.327
Catalogue raisonné: Beraldi Vol. XI. 178 ; Dunthorne 228.231
Location: Not on view

Description

Although best known for Les Roses, perhaps Redouté’s most beautiful work is Les Liliacées, which is devoted to the lily family—plants that grow from bulbs, corms, or tubers.
  • The Flowering of the Botanical Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).
    Flower Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 7-June 6, 1965).
    Flower and Fruit Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-October 10, 1960).
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