Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts...
Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century.
Title page with illustrated border, frontispiece portrait of Henry III of France, advice, portrait of Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont (Queen of France), sonnet, extract of privilege, dedication, Part I: 36 designs for reticella, Part II: illustrated title page and 47 designs for net embroidery (15 leaves have empty grid patterns printed on verso), hand-drawn design (verso of second to last page), arms of Henry III on verso of last page.
Title page with illustrated border, frontispiece portrait of Henry III of France, advice, portrait of Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont (Queen of France), sonnet, extract of privilege, dedication, Part I: 36 designs for reticella, Part II: illustrated title page and 47 designs for net embroidery (15 leaves have empty grid patterns printed on verso), hand-drawn design (verso of second to last page), arms of Henry III on verso of last page.
Artwork Details
- Title: Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts...
- Designer: Federico de Vinciolo (Italian, active Paris, ca. 1587–99)
- Publisher: Jean Le Clerc , Paris
- Sitter: Frontispiece portrait of Henri III, King of France and Poland (French, Château de Fontainebleau 1551–1589 Château de Saint-Cloud)
- Sitter: Portrait of Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont (French, Nomény 1553–1601 Moulins) , Queen of France
- Binder: Chambolle-Duru (French, active 1861–1915)
- Date: 1588
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
- Object Number: 18.68(1-93)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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