Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 78 (recto)

Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 78 (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 registers is decorated with 2 triangles: left triangle is ornamented with a nude figure sitting upon a wheel that is flanked on both sides by a serpentine creature and right triangle is ornamented with a nude cupid figure holding a bow while standing on top of a wheel. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a vase of flowers that is flanked on both sides by a bird and a seated dog.

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.