Cyclamen; Borage
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Cyclamen; Borage is a 1568 watercolor by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, a Early Baroque Italian work, depicting Tulipa, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a watercolour piece called Cyclamen; Borage. It's a floral work from the Renaissance period. The artwork is part of an album with 59 botanical watercolours. It features a cyclamen on one side and a common borage on the other. To learn more about the style and technique of this era, look up the artist: Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques.
Recto: A cyclamen is depicted with pinkish-red flowers featuring a yellow center, a white style, and marbled green leaves with reddish undersides. Verso: A common borage is shown with bright blue flowers and whitish to reddish centers. The drawing is part of a 59-watercolor album attributed to Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, dated around 1575. The album was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1856 as part of a bound volume in a 16th-century French calf binding.
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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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