Rue; Camomile
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Rue; Camomile is a 1568 watercolor by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, a early_baroque_italian work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This delicate watercolour shows two plants—rue and camomile—painted on one sheet. The French artist made it between 1560 and 1575 for a tiny album of 59 botanical drawings. Some pages flip both ways. Though once called obscure, his sharp, precise plants now place him among early botanical painters. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum where this album is kept.
