Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 63 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (24 x 16.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Accession Number
39.30(69)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 16th- and 17th-century lace design with page 63 (recto) from *Les Secondes Oeuvres, Subtiles Inventions Deingerie* by Federico de Vinciolo, the Venetian master of ornamental patterns. Published in 3 and printed in woodcut by Jean Le Clerc, ties to Catherine de Bourbon—sister of French King Henry IV and a patron of needlework—this leaf measures a compact 9 7/16 x 6 1/2 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies Renaissance pattern books that democratized luxury crafts. Woodcuts were ideal for these works, o...
About the Artist
Federico de Vinciolo|Jean Le Clerc|Catherine de Bourbon (Italian| |French) · 1582 | |1558 –1599 | |1604
Italian, active Paris, ca. 1587–99| |French, 1558–1604