Mark your admiration of the height of French naturalism in the 19th century with this wonderful depiction of Pierre-Joseph Redouté's Coral Lily, formerly known as Lis Nain (Lilium Pumilum). Plate 378 from the artist’s grand graphic creation Les Liliacées shows off Redouté's special stipple engraving technique.This lithograph features a striking red scarlet-flame recurving flower set off against a stark background along with its root bulb. The work is signed with the original engraving credits (P.J. Redouté pinx) and depicts the real aristocratic elegance of Napoleon Bonaparte's wife Josephine’s garden in Paris.
