Il Monte. Opera Nova di Recami
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (20 x 14.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.59.1(1-22)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Il Monte. Opera Nova di Recami** is a delightful woodcut print from a 16th-century Italian pattern book, produced after 1557 by prominent Venetian printers Giovanni & Marchio Sessa and Giovanni Antonio Bindoni, with a later association to Chambolle-Duru. Measuring just 7 7/8 x 5 11/16 inches, this compact page belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1930. Tucked into the classification of Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture, it exemplifies the era's fascination with intricate decorative motifs. Woodcuts...
About the Artist
Chambolle-Duru|Giovanni & Marchio Sessa|Giovanni Antonio Bindoni (Italian|Italian|French) · 1500 |1500 |1861 –1650 |1600 |1915
|Italian, active 1557|French, active 1861–1915