Artwork
Periwinkle; Peony
Periwinkle; Peony is a watercolor work on paper by the Barbizon school artist Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues. It dates from 1568 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
The sheet contains a lesser periwinkle on the front and a peony on the back, both rendered as botanical watercolours. It forms part of an album of 59 such drawings attributed to Jacques Lemoyne de Morgues, dated around 1575. The album was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1856 while bound in a fine French calf cover.
Artist & collection
Artist
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (French pronunciation: ; c. 1533–1588) was a French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World. His depictions of Native American life and culture, colonial life, and…
