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Chardonnay
Every bottle has an ancestor portrait.
What
The variety painted like nobility: leaf, cluster, and cane in chromolithograph, from the seven-volume monument of the vine.
Why
The Ampélographie portraitized the grapes themselves — science commissioned like court painting.
Notice
The translucency of the berries — stone printing chasing sunlight through skin.
“Every bottle has an ancestor portrait.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
The Vintage — personalization (dedication) is coming to this piece; join the house list to hear first.
$49.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Ampélographie: traité général de viticulture (Viala & Vermorel, 1901–1910).
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Viala & Vermorel
- Era
- Viala & Vermorel, Ampélographie, 1901–1910
- Source
- Ampélographie: traité général de viticulture (Viala & Vermorel, 1901–1910)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by registry on 2026-07-19. Ampélographie (Viala & Vermorel), accession plate — Chardonnay. Wikimedia Commons file direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-19: PD (published pre-1931).
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