Great Piece of Turf

Great Piece of Turf
ArtistAlbrecht Dürer
Year1503
TypeWatercolour, gouache and highlights
Dimensions40.3 cm × 31.1 cm (15+78 in × 12+14 in)
LocationAlbertina, Vienna

The Great Piece of Turf[1] (German: Das große Rasenstück) is a watercolor painting by Albrecht Dürer created at his Nuremberg workshop in 1503. It is a study of a seemingly unordered group of wild plants, including dandelion and greater plantain. The work is considered one of the masterpieces of Dürer's realistic nature studies.

  1. ^ The work is sometimes referred to as the Large Piece of Turf, or The Large Turf.