Genista multiflora (White Spanish Broom or White Weeping Broom)
1800 - 1819. This print originates from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's "Traité des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France en pleine terre" (Treatise on Trees and Shrubs Cultivated in France), specifically the expanded second edition often called the "Nouveau Duhamel.", published in Paris between 1800 - 1819. Pierre-Joseph Redoute was a Austrian Netherlands painter and botanist known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers, many published as large coloured stipple engravings. Nicknamed the "Raphael of Flowers" and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. After Queen Marie-Antoinette, his patrons included both of Napoleon's wives – Empress Joséphine and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma – as well as Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, wife of Louis Philippe I, the last king of France. Genista multiflora (syn. Cytisus multiflorus), commonly known as White Spanish Broom, White Broom, or Portuguese Broom, is a deciduous shrub native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). It is widely cultivated for its fragrant, white pea-like flowers that bloom in early spring, but it is considered a significant environmental weed in Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the UK. A few marks on the outer edges. Please review photo for condition 490 by 320mm (19¼ by 12½ inches). Item #32311
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