Walnuts
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1568
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This small watercolour shows a walnut branch with two nuts—one whole, one split open. Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues painted it in the 1500s, part of a set of 59 plant studies. The work stayed hidden until the 1900s, when scholars found it again. Most of his art once served simple woodcut designs. Later, his precise botanical watercolours won him new notice. The split walnut lets you see the nut’s shell and kernel clearly. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
