Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 11 (recto)

Matteo Florimi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Matteo Florimi, Italian, active Siena, ca. 1581-died 1613, published by Francesco de' Franceschi, Italian, active 16th century, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with 5 upside-down triangular motifs hanging from a rectangular base ornamented with squares framing different shapes, including diamonds, circles, stars, flowers, and foliage. Middle register is decorated with 4 right-side up triangular motifs ornamented with the same pattern (8-petaled flower in the center). Bottom register is decorated with squares ornamented with a different floral motif in the center.

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