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Tulipe de Gesner (Parrot Tulip) ( from Redouté, "Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs...", Paris, Panckoucke, et al...1827)

(French, born in Flanders, 1759–1840)
(active 1805–1840)
published 1827
Place of PublicationParis
Medium/TechniqueStipple engraving, in color and hand-colored
DimensionsPlatemark: 26.5 x 21.5 cm (10 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 49.6 x 32.7 cm (19 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession number69.282
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969
Boatlily (Tradescantia Discolor)
Pierre- Joseph Redouté
published 1807
Roots (Racines)
Pierre- Joseph Redouté
published 1805