Pierre-Joseph Redouté  (Belgian, 1759-1840)
Watercolor for plate 186: “Abyssinian Kniphofia” Veltheimia abyssinica
Prepared for Les Liliacées ca. 1802-1816
Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Completed: ca. 1802-1816
Vellum size: 18 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.
Framed size: 29 3/4 x 24 3/8 in.
Signed ‘P.J. Redouté’ lower left

Country of Origin: Northern Africa (Ethiopia). Named in honor of the German physician and professor of medicine at Erfurt University Johannes Hieronymus Kniphof (1704-1763).

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