Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Belgian, 1759-1840), “Barbary Nut” Iris sisyrinchium

Pierre-Joseph Redouté  (Belgian, 1759-1840)
Watercolor for plate 458: “Barbary Nut” Iris sisyrinchium
Prepared for Les Liliacées ca. 1802-1816
Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Completed: ca. 1802-1816
Vellum size: 19 x 13 in.

Country of origin: Circummediterranean (in south Europe absent from southern France, north Africa, in Asia, in Turkey and Middle East).