Livre de Toutes Sortes De Fleurs D'apres Nature
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 21 7/8 x 16 7/16 x 1/4 in. (55.5 x 41.7 x 0.6 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.61.2(1-12)
Tags
FlowersLeaves
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer|de Poilly|Jean Vauquer · 1636–1699
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699) was a Franco-Flemish painter who became the most distinguished and formative still life and flower painter of the French Baroque period. Born in Lille, he trained in Antwerp where he absorbed the techniques of Flemish masters before moving to Paris by 1650. Patronized by Charles Le Brun, Louis XIV's Minister of Arts, Monnoyer worked extensively on decorative pain...