Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 29 (recto)
October 1, 1604
Medium
Etching and drawing
Dimensions
Overall: 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (15 x 20 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.66.5(36)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of early 17th-century Italian design with *Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia*, page 29 (recto), created by Pietro Paulo Tozzi and published by Libraria del Giesu on October 1, 1604. This delicate etching combined with drawing, measuring just 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches, captures a "garland" of fanciful flowers drawn from Italy's renowned gardens. As part of a rare ornamental pattern book held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (Rogers Fund, 1922), it exemplifies the era's fascination with nature-inspired...
About the Artist
Pietro Paulo Tozzi|Libraria del Giesu (Italian|Italian) · 1555 |1593 –1622 |1628
Italian, Perugia ca. 1555–probably 1622 Rome|Italian, active 1593–1628