"Les Roses" 1988 REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph Billiards After several successful decades producing

After several successful decades producing and writing plays and theatricals on Broadway and in London

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"Les Roses" 1988 REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph Billiards After several successful decades producing2 volume set w 169 plates Gakken 1988 14 3 4" x 11" Text in Japanese Pierre Joseph Redout's Roses are perhaps his most celebrated images, which the artist issued while under the patronage of the Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon. The present selection comprises the three images that are often considered the most magnificent roses that Redout ever painted and engraved. Certain common themes run through them. In each, the flowers are classical