Convivio delle Belle Donne, page 10 (recto)

Nicolò Zoppino

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published by Nicolo Zoppino, Italian, active 16th century, Venice, designed by Matteo da Treviso, Italian, active 16th century. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 horizontal registers framed by decorative border at top, left, and right. Top horizontal register is decorated with a pattern of vines forming circles; inside each circle is a snowflake at the center. Bottom horizontal register is decorated with large floral design. Top border is decorated with diamond shapes and horizontal flower pattern. Left and right borders show same pattern, but they are printed using reverse colors (section in black on the left appears white on the right, and vice versa).

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.

Metropolitan Museum of Art