Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 69 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.68(88)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of late 16th-century France with *Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 69 (recto)*, a woodcut print from 1588. Created amid the reign of Henri III, King of France and Poland, and his queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont, this page hails from a rare book of innovative designs by Jean Le Clerc, with contributions linked to pattern master Federico de Vinciolo. Published during a time of religious wars and royal splendor, it captures the era's fascination with elaborate ornamentation, blending portraiture with decorative motifs. The woodcut medium—precise and re...