Cactus peruvianus/ Cierge du Pérou (Cereus hexagonus, Cereus sirinamensis, Cereus peruvinanus) ( from P. J. Redouté [ Augustin Pyramus de Candolle], "Plantarum Historia Succulentarum", Paris, 1799)

Requires Photography

After: Pierre- Joseph Redouté (French, born in Flanders, 1759–1840)

published 1799

Place of Publication: Paris

Medium/Technique Stipple engraving, printed in color

Dimensions Platemark: 27.8 x 20.2 cm (10 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 36.3 x 30.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection

Accession Number69.299

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Dunthorne 241; Nissen 321

ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969