# Herbal [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GRECHE, Domenico dalle]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Manuscript \(It. II. 26-30, 5 volumes\) ## Commentary Herbal 1550s Manuscript \(It. II. 26-30, 5 volumes\) Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice This botanical treatise is the autograph of Pietro Antonio Michiel \(1510-1576\) a Venetian patrician. This work describes over one thousand plants in five volumes, each having their own page numbering and are distinguished by the parchment bindings: red for volumes I an II, green for volume III, yellow for volume IV and violet blue for volume V. On the recto of each leaf is a watercolour drawing of a plant, executed by Domenico dalle Greche. On the verso are the name and a description of the plant. The illustration shown here is taken from volume IV \(folio 87\). ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()