Schön Neues Modelbuch (Page 40 recto)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 7 13/16 in. (15.5 x 19.8 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.16(40r)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Renaissance ornamentation with *Schön Neues ModelbuchPage 40 recto)*, a 1597 etching from a celebrated pattern book by Nuremberg artists Johann Sibmacher andalthasar Caymox. Measuring just 6 1/8 x 7 13/16 inches, this page exemplifies the finely detailed designs that fueled Europe's decorative arts boom. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, captures the era's fascination with elaborate motifs for embroidery, lace, weaving, and metalwork. Published in Nuremberg—a hub of printmaking and craftsmanship—these model books democr...
About the Artist
Johann Sibmacher|Balthasar Caymox · 1590–1611
Johann Sibmacher (c. 1561–1611), also rendered as Johann Ambrosius Siebmacher, was a German copperplate engraver, etcher, and publisher based in Nuremberg whose contributions to heraldic art and decorative pattern design left a legacy that outlasted him by centuries. Active from around 1590 until his death in 1611, Sibmacher worked at the heart of Nuremberg's flourishing book and print trade, a ci...