Iris
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This delicate watercolour shows an iris stem with two blossoms, painted in the 1500s. It’s part of a set of 59 botanical drawings by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, a Huguenot artist. The work sits between art and science—flowers recorded with care, yet also beautiful to look at. Some pages in the album flip both ways, but this one stays single-sided. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more by him.
