Pitcairnia Angustifolia
Artist
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
(French, 1759 - 1840)
Date1802-1816
MediumStipple engraving, hand colored
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by John and Wendy Duryea
Object number2010.86.12
DescriptionBotanical print of Pitcairnia Angustifolia (pina cortadora), a plant with thin spiky green leaves, a thin green stem, and thin red flowers. The plant is cut in half to show all of it on one page; details of the flowers and seeds are included near the bottom. Plate 76 from volume II of "Les Liliacées".
