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

lacking pointers

and scholars who sought to understand and navigate the complex and distant regions of East Asia

or Bachmann

Costa molded Mason's style

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