Costume Plate: Woman with Hooded Garment
ca. 1557–58
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 in. (15 x 10.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.839
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-16th century, the Renaissance, artists like Enea Vico the elegance of period fashion through intricate engravings, serving as artistic expressions and practical references. *Costume Plate: Woman with Hooded Garment* (ca. 1557–58) exemplifies Vico's mastery as an Italian engraver, who produced detailed reproductive prints inspired by contemporary designs. This small-scale work (5 7/8 x 4 in.) depicts a poised woman enveloped in a hooded garment, highlighting the luxurious textiles and modest silhouettes popular in European courts of the time. Engraving, Vico's preferred medium, invo...
About the Artist
Enea Vico · 1523–1567
Enea Vico (1523–1567) was born in Parma and came of age during the final, energetic decades of Italian Renaissance printmaking. By 1541 he had made his way to Rome, where he entered the orbit of the engraver and publisher Tommaso Barlacchi and began his professional career. In Rome, Vico encountered the work of the most celebrated printmakers of the preceding generation—Marcantonio Raimondi, Agost...