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Gnarled Grass

(French, 1513 – 1588)
1615 (block likely cut 1586)
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut, hand-colored in green and brown
DimensionsSheet: 15 × 11.5 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Image: 11.9 × 6.6 cm (4 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession number2002.575
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn letterpress, above the image: 360 Liure IV. de l'Hi[stoire...] / Grame noüeux
ProvenanceEleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; bequest to MFA
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