21-02-2026, 11:01 AM
While I like Jorge's idea that the 'grass' is a filler for miscalculated space, this is clearly not the case for the other nymphs standing on something. Aga's 'water' nymph would reach the circle without it and the two on tubes had their legs shortened so the tubes definitely were deemed important.
Regarding the 'grass' itself, if we look at Taccola's drawings, these parallel strokes originally were a crude form of hatching to indicate either depth or shadows. What the VM artist wanted to say with this is beyond me however.
Regarding the 'grass' itself, if we look at Taccola's drawings, these parallel strokes originally were a crude form of hatching to indicate either depth or shadows. What the VM artist wanted to say with this is beyond me however.