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Commelina Erecta
Commelina Erecta
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Commelina Erecta

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 Paul Matteson
Object number2010.84.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionBotanical drawing of Commelina Erecta (dayflower), a plant with green stem, thin green leaves, and purple flowers. Details of the flower and petals are included near the bottom. Plate 95 from volume II of "Les Liliacées".
Hypoxis Erecta
Hypoxis Erecta
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Moraea Sordescens, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, bulbous root, green buds, and flowers with pink, red, and yellow petals. Additional details of the flowers buds and seeds are included at bottom right.
Moraea Sordescens
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical 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.
Pitcairnia Angustifolia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Limodorum Tankerwillae
Limodorum Tankerwillae
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Ferraria Undulata
Ferraria Undulata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical drawing of Caryophyllata Sylvestris with green thorny stems and leaves, yellow flowers, pink bulbs, and roots showing.
Iris Tuberosa
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Cepacea, a plant with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and a cluster of small purple-blue flowers. Detail of the seeds and flowers are included near the bottom.
Ixia Cepacea
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Radiata, a plant with thin green stem and leaves, and white flowers with some pink on the underside of their petals. Additional detail of the flowers is included at the bottom left.
Ixia Radiata
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Epidendrum Bifidum
Epidendrum Bifidum
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Botanical print of Ixia Longiflora, a plan with a bulbous root, thin green stem and leaves, and pale yellow flowers. Details of the flowers and seeds included near the bottom.
Ixia Longiflora
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Pancratium Croceum
Pancratium Croceum
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
Allium Longispathum
Allium Longispathum
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816

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