Livre de Moresques, page 8 (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(16)
Tags
Ornament
About the Artist
Cornelis Bos|Hiérosme de Gormont|Francesco di Pellegrino · 1510–1556
Cornelis Bos (c. 1506/10–before 1555), a Netherlandish engraver, printseller, and publisher born in 's-Hertogenbosch, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Antwerp print trade during the mid-16th century. His early life remains sparsely documented, with no records of formal training or mentors, though he was active in Antwerp by 1537, producing his earliest known engraving, *Prudence and Justice*, af...