[Small Bouquets Tied With A Ribbon]
1656–99
![[Small Bouquets Tied With A Ribbon] by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/small-bouquets-tied-with-a-ribbon-354156.webp)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 16 1/4 x 11 7/8 x 3/16 in. (41.3 x 30.1 x 0.4 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.61.2(21a-22b)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer’s engraving *Small Bouquets Tied With A Ribbon* captures the delicate charm of floral arrangements popular in the late seventeenth century. Created between 1656 and 1699, this print showcases Monnoyer’s renowned skill in rendering flowers with lifelike precision. As a Flemish artist who spent much of his career in France, he specialized in still-life flower paintings that appealed to aristocratic collectors and decorators alike. The medium of engraving allowed Monnoyer’s designs to reach a wider audience beyond original paintings. Classified among books in the Metropoli...
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer · 1636–1699
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699) was a Franco-Flemish painter who became the most distinguished and formative still life and flower painter of the French Baroque period. Born in Lille, he trained in Antwerp where he absorbed the techniques of Flemish masters before moving to Paris by 1650. Patronized by Charles Le Brun, Louis XIV's Minister of Arts, Monnoyer worked extensively on decorative pain...