Upright Baskets of Flowers
before 1690
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 21 9/16 x 16 1/4 x 3/16 in. (54.8 x 41.3 x 0.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.61.2(13-16)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Upright Baskets of Flowers** is a delicate engraving created before 1690 by French artist Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, renowned for his lush floral still lifes, and master engraver Nicolas de Poilly. Measuring 21 9/16 x 16 1/4 inches, this print captures overflowing baskets brimming with vibrant blooms, showcasing the Baroque era's fascination with nature's abundance. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (acquired via the Rogers Fund in 1920 and classified under Books), it exemplifies reproductive printmaking, where Monnoyer's designs were meticulously transla...
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer|Nicolas de Poilly · 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...