Spanish Iris

By Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Experience the beauty of a French courtly garden from ages past by decorating your own home with this gorgeous recreation of Pierre-Joseph Redouté’s "Spanish Iris" (Iris Xiphium). These paintings were first created to be part of the renowned series of stipple engravings from the 19th century that showcased Redouté’s mastery in botanical illustration, which perfectly rendered the delicate paper-thin petals of the iris and its heavy, organic stem.

The title "Raphael of Flowers" has been awarded to the French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté, who served as the royal court artist to both Queen Marie Antoinette and Empress Joséphine Bonaparte. The current masterpiece presents the cool soft tones of lavender hues and the strong yellow signal flares of the Spanish Iris on a vintage cream colored background, enhanced further with a resting tortoiseshell butterfly.