Ornamento nobile...Fatta da Lucretia Romana (Libro V of the Corona), page 2 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (31 x 21 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.64.1(2)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This woodcut from 1620 belongs to *Libro V of the Corona*, a pattern book devoted to noble ornaments. Created by Alessandro de’ Vecchi and Cesare Vecellio, the page presents an elegant decorative design credited to Lucretia Romana. Printed on a sheet measuring roughly 12 by 8 inches, the work exemplifies the kind of printed pattern that circulated among artists, embroiderers, and architects throughout seventeenth-century Europe. Woodcut was ideally suited to such volumes: its bold, repeatable lines allowed intricate motifs to be reproduced affordably and shared widely. Books like the *Corona*...
About the Artist
Alessandro de' Vecchi|Cesare Vecellio (Italian|Italian) · 1570 |1521 –1629 |1601
Italian, active Venice, 1570–1629|Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521–1601 Venice