Corona delle Nobile et Virtuose Donne, Libro Terzo, page 24 (recto)

Corona delle Nobile et Virtuose Donne, Libro Terzo, page 24 (recto)

Cesare Vecellio

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice, published by Alessandro de' Vecchi, Italian, active 17th century, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is divided into 2 halves that are decorated with 3 of the same shapes. Each shape is ornamented with various floral and linear motifs; shapes on the right side are also decorated with quatrefoils framing figures. Serving as a type of border around the design is an inscription printed in white.

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.