Drawings

Axe-bearing Tritonia Montbretia

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1802-1816
Accession number: 2024.24.19
Maker: Pierre Joseph Redouté(Opens in new tab) (Flemish, 1759–1840)
Dimensions: sheet: 19 × 13 1/2 in. (48.3 × 34.3 cm.) frame: 25 7/8 × 20 3/4 × 3/4 in. (65.7 × 52.7 × 1.9 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and graphite on vellum
Description: Watercolor for plate 53: “Axe-bearing Tritonia” (Montbretia) prepared for "Les Liliacées"
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of James and Esther Cavanaugh
Department: European Art
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