Commissioned by the Empress Josephine to illustrate each rose, Pierre-Joseph Redoute made 117 coloured drawings of roses at Malmaison, which were published in the book Les Roses, in 1817. Here is the Rosa centifolia foliacea.

Commissioned by the Empress Josephine to illustrate each rose, Pierre-Joseph Redoute made 117 coloured drawings of roses at Malmaison, which were published in the book Les Roses, in 1817. Here is the Rosa centifolia foliacea.