Esemplare di Alcuni ornati, per la gioventù amante del Disegno
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 9 11/16 x 13 15/16 x 3/8 in. (24.6 x 35.4 x 0.9 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1976
Accession Number
1976.510.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
This 18th-century etching book, titled *Esemplare di Alcuni ornati, per la gioventù amante del Disegno* (“Examples of Some Ornaments, for the Youth Who Love Drawing”), served as an instructional manual for aspiring artists and designers. Compiled with contributions from Italian and French artists including Carlo Bianconi, Antoine Babuty Desgodets, and Antoine Le Pautre, the volume gathers ornamental motifs—particularly delicate leaves and heraldic insignia—that young students could copy to develop their drawing skills. Such pattern books were popular teaching tools during the Enlightenment, re...
About the Artist
Carlo Bianconi|Angelo Ferri|il Longhi|Antoine Babuty Desgodets|Antoine Le Pautre · 1732–1802
Italian scholar and archivist; first secretary of the Reale accademia di Brera. Comment on works: painter; sculptor