A red clover; a field scabious
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A red clover; a field scabious is a 1568 watercolor by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, a Barbizon school work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a watercolour piece by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues. It's a floral work. The piece is part of an album of botanical watercolours. It was created during the Renaissance period and features two plants: a red clover and a field scabious. You can learn more about the artist and his style by looking up Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.
The drawing features a red clover on one side and a field scabious on the reverse, both rendered in watercolor on paper. The field scabious displays pink florets and lighter green leaflets, while the red clover shows blue florets with white highlights, pale yellow stamen tips, and a dull green bud. Part of a 59-work botanical album attributed to Jacques Lemoyne de Morgues, it dates to around 1575 and was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1856.
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Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (French pronunciation: ; c. 1533–1588) was a French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American life and culture, colonial life, and…
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