Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, apple, 1575. Watercolour. France. V&AIn the 16th century botanical
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, apple, 1575. Watercolour. France. V&AIn the 16th century botanical illustrators revived the practice of working from real plants rather than copying from earlier painted or printed images. Here the degree of naturalistic detail, including leaves which have been damaged by insects, suggests that Le Moyne was studying a living specimen rather than using an existing illustrations as his source. V&A -- source link
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