Etienne-Pierre Ventenat (1757 - 1808)

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Etienne-Pierre Ventenat

Etienne-Pierre Ventenat was a French botanist, mycologist and writer.

Etienne-Pierre Ventenat was one of the greatest botanists in France. Empress Josephine Bonaparte hired him to describe and catalog rare plants at her castle of Malmaison. Josephine enlisted eminent botanists such as Claes and Blaikie to collect plants on a grand scale. Ventenat was commissioned to write the text of the work on the Malmaison collection, and the illustrations were created by the talented artist Pierre-Joseph Redoute, nicknamed the "Raphael of Flowers." As a result, a sumptuous book entitled Jardin de la Malmaison (The Garden of Malmaison) was published in 1803.

Date and place of birt:1 march 1757, Limoges, France
Date and place of death:13 august 1808, Paris, France
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Botanist, Mycologist, Scientist, Writer