Daffodils and red admiral butterfly; Violets and red admiral butterfly
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Daffodils and red admiral butterfly; Violets and red admiral butterfly is a 1568 watercolor by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, a Barbizon school work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
These delicate watercolors show wild daffodils and a red admiral butterfly on one side, a pear on a twig on the other. They’re part of a set of 59 botanical drawings by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues. The artist was French but worked in England, and these pictures helped make him known for early plant studies. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more Huguenot art.
