Grape Hyacinth

By Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Capture the elegance of France’s imperial gardens through the art of the Grape Hyacinth (Muscari Racemosum) botanical art print, illustrated in a work of art that pays homage to one of the most celebrated botanical illustrators ever – Pierre-Joseph Redouté.

Redouté, known as the “Raphael of Flowers,” was employed as the court artist to Queen Marie-Antoinette and later depicted the exotic plants in Empress Joséphine Bonaparte’s magnificent gardens of Château de Malmaison. The Grape Hyacinth illustration you see here is taken from his famed publication, Les Liliacées (1802-1816).

In this unique botanical illustration, witness the amazing effect of Redouté’s renowned stipple engraving technique. Stipple engraving creates an incredibly subtle transition of colors and textures – from its tight clusters of tiny, blue florets shaped like tiny bells resembling grapes to its twisting green roots and slender green foliage.