Sheet with overall pattern of flowers and ovals
19th century
Medium
Relief print (wood or metal)
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 9/16 × 3 3/8 in. (16.7 × 8.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.71.9(52)
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century relief print, titled *Sheet with overall pattern of and ovals*, showcases an anonymous artist's mastery of repeating motifs in a compact sheet measuring just 6 9/16 × 3 3/8 inches. Created using a wood or metal block, the design bursts with blooming flowers nestled within elegant ovals, forming a harmonious all-over pattern ideal for textiles, wallpapers, or bookbindings. Acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1926, it now graces the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department. ief printing, a technique where the raised surface of a carved bloc...
About the Artist
Anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...