Libbretto nouellamete composto per maestro Domenico da Sera...lauorare di ogni sorte di punti, page 15 (verso)
April 12, 1532
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
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
Accession Number
35.79(30)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the Renaissance world of intricate needlework with this woodcut from *Libbretto nouellam composto per maestro Domenico da...lauorare di ogni sorte di* (A Little Book Newly Composed Master Domenico da Sera... Work Every Sort of St), page 15 verso, dated April 12, 1532. Created by the Italian designer Domenico da Sera, this yet influential print measures just 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches and now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, thanks to the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund of 1935. Woodcuts like this were revolutionary in the early 16th century, enabling...
About the Artist
Domenico da Sera · 1500–1599
Domenico da Sera, also known as Domenico da Sera detto il Franciosino ("the Little Frenchman") or Dominique de Sera (Dominique da Celle), was a French designer and publisher active in the 16th century, whose innovative pattern books revolutionized embroidery and lace-making across Europe. A poem in one of his works reveals he was born in Toulouse and later domiciled in Italy, reflecting his transn...