Pierre Vallet

Pierre Vallet, self portrait, 1608

Pierre Vallet (c. 1575, Orléans - 1657) was a French botanical artist, engraver and embroidery designer. He worked as a "Brodeur ordinaire du Roy" in the court of Marie de Medicis of Florence, second wife of Henry IV of France. Vallet made botanical illustrations, along with Jean Robin, for the Le Jardin du tres Chrestien Henry IV (1608) with plants from the garden of the Louvre Palace along with exotic curiosities from West Africa and Spain.