Ornamento nobile...Fatta da Lucretia Romana (Libro V of the Corona), page 5 (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(5)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite woodcut, titled *Ornamento nobile...atta da Lucretia* (page 5 recto from Libro V of the *Corona*), was created around 1620 by Alessandro' Vecchi and Cesareellio. Printed on a modest sheet measuring 12 3/16 x 8 1/4 inches, it exemplifies the intricate pattern books that flourished in Renaissance Italy. Vecellio, a Venetian engraver renowned for his detailed costume and embroidery manuals like the *Corona delle nobili eose donne* (Crown of Noble and Virtuous Ladies), collaborated here to produce designs for lace, needlework, and decorative motifs, attributed playfully to the ficti...
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