Book illustration or more likely a trademark with a coat of arms featuring a lion and a tower set within an arch

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian

16th century

Not on view

Giustiniano degli Azzi Vitelleschi's article in the Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst (1929, nr .2/3, pp.37-45) describes a collection of woodcuts, including this print (number 4). Vitelleschi believes these prints are trade devices, not intended for book covers, but rather were used as covers to account books. In addition, these emblems were mostly found on the inside of the cover.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Book illustration or more likely a trademark with a coat of arms featuring a lion and a tower set within an arch
Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
Date: 16th century
Medium: Woodcut image on left side of a folded sheet, right side pen and ink mathematical calculations
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 15/16 in. (30 × 45.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.57.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

By Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

In the same medium

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Statuta Collegii Dominorum

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

1559

Saint Roch Recommending a Woman with a Sick Child to the Virgin (recto); Figure of a Man Holding a Book; Nude Figure of a Man (verso), Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian, Pen and brown ink on cream-colored paper (recto). Traces of framing outlines in the form of an arch in pen and brown ink apparently by artist. Top has been trimmed to form an arch (recto); nude studies, one in red chalk and one in black chalk (verso) — Saint Roch Recommending a Woman with a Sick Child to the Virgin (recto); Figure of a Man Holding a Book; Nude Figure of a Man (verso)
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
16th century

The Last Supper

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

16th century

Bust of a black man

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

16th century

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.