Naturalist plate Oriental Hyacinth Pink by Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Pink Oriental Hyacinth (Hyacinthes Orientalis) is a delicate representation of this iconic flower, showcasing its vivid color and captivating fragrance. Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the renowned 18th-century botanical illustrator, demonstrates his talent for capturing the splendor and vibrancy of flowers through his engravings.

In the publication dated 1827 from which the plate is taken, the detail of this illustration is given as follows:
Pink Variety. Three plates were devoted to this beautiful flower by AL Redouté. One of them represents the pink-flowered variety; the other two give the figures of two blue-flowered varieties. The Oriental Hyacinth is native to Asia Minor. Transported more than two centuries ago to the gardens of Holland, then throughout Europe, it has long provided, through the care of growers, these countless varieties with single and double flowers, the number of which today exceeds two thousand. In the eyes of amateurs, a Hyacinth is all the more valuable if its flowers are large and full, while retaining the regularity as well as the pleasant, revolute shape of their divisions. It acquires an even greater value if the heart is a different color from that of the external divisions.