Essempio di recammi, page 20 (verso)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 7 13/16 x 6 3/16 x 3/8 in. (19.8 x 15.7 x 1 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
Accession Number
35.75.3(40)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This woodcut comes from *Essempio di recammi*, a 1530 pattern book printed in Venice by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente and his brothers. Such manuals were among the earliest printed resources to circulate embroidery designs across Europe, allowing tailors, noblewomen, and professional embroiderers to copy fashionable motifs without relying solely on costly hand-drawn models. Page 20 verso presents a lively arrangement of fruits, flowers, and acorns—motifs prized in Renaissance ornament for their associations with abundance and the natural world. Executed in woodcut, the page demonstrates the tech...
About the Artist
Giovanni Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio e i fratelli|Giovanni Antonio Tagliente (Italian|Italian) · 1522 |1465 –1545 |1528
Italian, active Venice, ca. 1522–1545|Italian, Venice ca. 1465–1528 Venice