Turban Lily

By Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Elegant stipple engraving of the Turban Lily (Lilium Pomponium), illustrated by the greatest botanical illustrator of all time, Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Nicknamed the "Raphael of Flowers," Redouté illustrates with great skill the magnificent recurving crimson petals that characterize the Mediterranean species in its characteristic turbaned form.

Redouté's famous precision in rendering botanic details can be seen in conjunction with the brilliant colors of the hanging blossoms, making it an excellent example of scientific illustration from the early 19th century, produced in France, of Les Liliacées.