Drawings

Licorice Root (glychyrrhiza glaba)

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1809
Accession number: 2024.24.16
Maker: Baldassare Cattrani(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1776–1810)
Dimensions: sheet: 21 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (53.7 × 37.1 cm.) frame: 32 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (82.6 × 67.3 × 5.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor on vellum, with border, double ruled in black ink
Description: This botanical drawing shows the licorice root.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of James and Esther Cavanaugh
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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