Essempio di recammi, page 24 (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(48)
Art Historical Context
This woodcut comes from *Essempio di recammi*, a printed pattern book published in Venice in 1530 by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente in collaboration with the da Sabio brothers. As one of the earliest known manuals dedicated to embroidery designs, the volume offered practical models that artisans and needleworkers could transfer directly onto fabric. Page 24 verso likely displays a delicate ornamental motif—typical of Tagliente’s clear, repeatable patterns—rendered through the crisp lines of woodcut technique. In the early sixteenth century, such books marked an important shift in Renaissance craf...
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