Grotesken und Mauresken
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
22 x 16 x 3 in. (55.9 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.49
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About this artwork
"Grotesken und Mauresken" by Peter Flötner|Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch the Younger|Rudolph Wyssenbach, created in 1549, is executed in woodcut. This books|prints|ornament & architecture belongs to the Metropolitan Museum's Drawings and Prints collection. The work measures 22 x 16 x 3 in. (55.9 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm). The artwork entered the museum's collection through harris brisbane dick fund, 1925.
Art Historical Context
**Grotesken und Maken** (1549) is a captivating woodcut print book by a trio of Northern Renaissance masters Peter Flötner, Nuremberg sculptor and designer renowned for his intricate ornamental motifs; Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch Younger, a Swiss engr with a flair for detailed line work; and Rudolph Wyssen, their collaborator. Measuring 22 x 16 x 3 inches, this work belongs to the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints, acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1925. As a prime example of 16th-century ornament and architecture prints, it showcases the era's fascination with fantasti...
About the Artist
Peter Flötner|Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch the Younger|Rudolph Wyssenbach · 1485–1546
Peter Flötner (c. 1485–1546) was a German sculptor, ornament designer, and medalist whose work played a central role in the transmission of Italian Renaissance decorative vocabulary into the German-speaking lands. Though his exact origins remain uncertain — he may have trained in Augsburg before settling permanently in Nuremberg around 1522 — his formation evidently included exposure to Italian Re...