Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 53 (recto)

Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 53 (recto)

Cesare Vecellio

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with a coiling vine among which are a deer drinking from a fountain, a leopard biting part of the vine, and a deer standing on the other side; there are also birds and a snake at the top of the vine. Bottom register is decorated with a curving vine among which are a cherub with a bow and arrow, and a nude man holding a shield to protect his face from the flying arrow.


Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.