La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 42 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (23.5 x 18 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.50.1(45)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 42 (recto)** This intricate woodcut from 1605, measuring 9¼ x 7⅛ inches, is a page from the French embroidery pattern book *La Pratique de liguille* ("The Practice of the Needle Created through collaboration involving engravers Matthias Mignerak and Pierre Firens, publisher Jean Le Clerc, linked to Marie de Médicis—Queen of France and a lavish patron of the arts—it showcases ornamental designs featuring repeating acorn motifs. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (Rogers Fund, 1920), this recto page exemplifies early 17th...
About the Artist
Matthias Mignerak|Pierre Firens|Marie de Medici|Jean Le Clerc (Italian| | |French) · 1575 | | |1641 –1642 | | |1641
Florence 1575–1642 Colgne| | |French, born Paris 1641