Tulips
1660
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1660
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolour by Johann Jakob Walther shows tulips in a garden book from the 1600s. It’s part of the “Nassau Florilegium,” a set of flower paintings made for the Count of Nassau near Frankfurt. These books were trendy then because rich people loved growing rare, beautiful plants. The watercolours were never printed. They stayed as two hand-made volumes of 133 studies. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
