Livre de Moresques, page 10 (verso)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 8 5/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.71.8(20)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where we encounter *Livre de Mores, page 10 (verso)*, a captivating woodcut from 154. Created through the collaborative talents of Hiérosme de Gorm, Cornelis Bos, Francesco di Pellegrino, page is part of a renowned Renaissance pattern book dedicated to ornamental designs. Measuring 12 x 8 5/16 inches, it exemplifies the era's fascination with intricate "moresques"—elaborate, interlacing motifs inspired by Islamic art, adapted into European decorative vocabulary. Woodcuts like this one were revolutionary for their repr...
About the Artist
Hiérosme de Gormont|Cornelis Bos|Francesco di Pellegrino (Netherlandish|French) · 1510 | –1556 |
Netherlandish, Hertogenbosch ca. 1510?–before 1556 Groningen|