Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 18 (verso)
after 1527
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (17.5 x 14.5 cm)
Classification
Books|(not assigned)|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mary M. Greenwood, in memory of Eliza Rudd Greenwood, 1953
Accession Number
53.566.3(36)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department will delight in *Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 18 (verso)*, a woodcut print by Dutch engraver Willem Vosterman, created after 1527. Measuring just 6 7/8 x 5 11/16 inches, this intimate page comes from an early pattern book—a Renaissance innovation that democratized decorative arts by providing scalable designs for craftspeople across Europe. The title translates to "This is a treatise on the noble art of the needle, namely Spanish works," highlighting opulent embr...
About the Artist
Willem Vosterman
Willem Vosterman was a Netherlandish engraver and printmaker who worked within the rich tradition of graphic art that flourished in the Low Countries during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Precise details of his birth, death, and training are not firmly established in the historical record, but his surviving prints reflect the skilled craftsmanship and commercial acuity that characterized...