Ornament Panel with a Birdcage
c. 1507
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 26.8 x 13.2 cm (10 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7413
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, *Ornament Panel with acage* is a delicate by Nicoletto da Modena created around 1507. Measuring just 26.8 x 13.2 cm, this trimmed print exemplifies the Renaissance fascination with intricate decorative motifs. Nicoletto, a skilled Italian engraver from Modena active in the early 16 century, drew inspiration from classical antiquity and contemporaries like Andrea Mantegna, blending Northern Italian precision with whimsical fantasy. Engraving, the medium here, revolutionized art dissemination during the Renaissance. Using a burin to...
About the Artist
Nicoletto da Modena
Nicoletto da Modena was an Italian engraver active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, one of the most prolific and stylistically eclectic printmakers of the early Italian Renaissance. The details of his biography remain uncertain — his precise birth and death dates are unknown, and he is identified primarily through the body of prints that bear his name or monogram. He appears to...