Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Sweet Violet and butterfly. Bird Type_Herons tributaries

tributaries

Although only one original drawing by Le Moyne of an American subject is known today -- the depiction of  Athore showing Laudonniere the Marker Column set up by Ribault

The most valuable contribution is in the area of the American Southeast

extending from the Canary Islands in the West to China in the East (though not quite to the Pacific)

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Sweet Violet and butterfly. Bird Type_Herons tributariesJACQUES LE MOYNE DE MORGUES (FRENCH, CA. 1533 1588) f. 2: Sweet Violet and butterfly Watercolor and gouache on paper prepared as vellum ca. 1565 Paper size: 7 1 2 x 5 5 8 in Frame size: 16 1 4 x 14 1 4 in Provenance: DuMarry (from the inscription on the frontispiece) The extraordinary career and oeuvre of the Huguenot artist Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues have only relatively recently been defined and described (see Paul Hulton, The Work of Jacques Le