La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 69 (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(72)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This woodcut comes from *La Pratique de l’Aiguille*, a 1605 pattern book dedicated to Marie de Medici, then Queen of France. Created by Matthias Mignerak with contributions from engravers Pierre Firens and Jean Le Clerc, the volume offered practical designs for embroidery and needlework. As a page from the recto of folio 69, it belongs to the Metropolitan Museum’s holdings of books, prints, and ornamental works, illustrating how printed images circulated decorative ideas across early-seventeenth-century Europe. Measuring roughly 9¼ by 7 inches, the woodcut employs the bold, clear lines typica...
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