Two Tulips
1770
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1770
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Two delicate pink tulips stand side by side in a glass tumbler. The watercolor is soft, almost misty, with gentle pink and white petals. A single green stem curves under the rim. This wasn’t painted in one sitting. Artists often built “flower libraries”—drawings and studies made over months. They mixed blooms that never grew together, like spring tulips and summer roses. Want to see more like this? Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
