Yellow-Spotted Gladiola

By Pierre-Joseph Redouté

This remarkable botanical artwork is an original stipple engraving, depicting the Yellow-Spotted Gladiola (Gladiolus Xanthospilus) in exquisite detail by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, considered the “Raphael of Flowers.”

From the artist’s landmark series entitled Les Liliacées (1802-1816), the artwork exhibits Redouté’s technical proficiency with stipple engraving, including the transparency of the pale petals, the striking yellow markings of the flower’s throat, and the anatomical composition of the corms and roots. Color-printed and hand-finished in high quality, it is a hallmark of early 19th-century French natural history.