Pierre Joseph Redouté

Place: Saint-Hubert

Born: 1759

Death: 1840

Biography:

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He was nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. He was an official court artist of Queen Marie Antoinette, and he cont...