Il Monte. Opera Nova di Recami, page 6 (recto)

Giovanni Antonio Bindoni

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Giovanni Antonio Bindoni, published by Giovanni & Marchio Sessa, Venice, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 vertical columns. Left is decorated with a central section depicting a vase with flowers, which is flanked by a cornucopia on either side; the central section is framed on the top and bottom by 2 curving vines of leaves. Middle column is decorated with a curving vine of flowers and acorns. Right column is decorated with a central floral element, flanked on both sides by a curving stem with leaves.

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