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Hal O'Nians

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A clump of leaves with a few stems of tall, yellow blossoms are painted on a vertical sheet of tan-colored parchment. The leaves are long and rounded, with prominent, textured veining. A few blades of grass and sprigs of clover are interspersed among the dense clump of leaves. The cowslip blossoms are clusters of bell-shaped yellow petals at the end of a starburst-like formations of pale green tubes. The ground is painted an earthy gray, and the background is left blank. The artist dated the work, 1526, in the lower right corner over a monogram of his initials, AD.
Albrecht Dürer, Tuft of Cowslips, 1526, gouache on parchment, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.1

Tuft of Cowslips

Albrecht Dürer · 1526 · gouache on parchment ·  Accession ID  1991.217.1