Lucidario di Recami, page 14 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.45.3(27)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Renaissance design with *Lucidario di Recami page 14 (recto)*, a delicate woodcut from 1564 by Iseppo Foresto and Jeron Calepino. This page, measuring just 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches, hails from a rare Italian pattern book housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1. Woodcuts like this were revolutionary for their time, allowing affordable reproduction of elaborate motifs through relief printing on wooden blocks—a technique that captured fine details with remarkable clarity. The page showcases twisting...
About the Artist
Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino (Italian|Italian) · 1520 |1500 –1580 |1600
Italian, active Venice, 1557|