Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 5 (recto)

Federico de Vinciolo

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, dedicated to Catherine de Bourbon, French, 1558-1604. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 sections. Upper section is divided into 2 vertical columns: left column is decorated in the center with a coat of arms that is surrounded by floral and foliage elements, and right column is decorated in the center with a "B" superimposed by an "O", which is encircled by a vine of leaves and further surrounded by flowers. Bottom section consists of 4 squares that are ornamented with a different floral motif; sitting on top of the squares is a pattern of semicircles that are decorated with a leaf motif.

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