Redouté, Pierre-Joseph. "Wild or Red-flowered Banana". Prepared for Les Liliacées, ca. 1802-1816. bayer_11_17 PROVENANCE: Near contemporary ownership inscription

PROVENANCE: Near contemporary ownership inscription of F Ollivier on the recto of each first blank

or Bachmann

first issued by Thomas Jefferys in London and later copied by Lotter

Costa molded Mason's style

uncertain and expensive overland routes we call the Silk Road

Redouté, Pierre-Joseph. "Wild or Red-flowered Banana". Prepared for Les Liliacées, ca. 1802-1816. bayer_11_17 PROVENANCE: Near contemporary ownership inscriptionPierre Joseph Redout Watercolor for plate 308: "Wild or Red flowered Banana" Musa coccinea Prepared for Les Liliaces ca. 1802 1816 Watercolor and graphite on vellum Signed 'P. J. Redoute' lower left 18 7 8" x 13 1 2" vellum, 29 1 2" x 24 1 2" framed Provenance: Acquired from the artist by the Empress Josphine; Prince Eugne de Beauharnais; by descent through the Dukes of Leuchtenberg; Bibliothque Eugne de Beauharnais; Braus Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli