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Federico de Vinciolo

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 sections. Upper section is decorated with 2 rounded triangular motifs: left rounded triangle is ornamented with a pot of flowers that is flanked on either side by a bird and right rounded triangle is ornamented with a unicorn carrying a flower on its back. Lower section is decorated with 2 groups of stacked semi-circles containing leaves, which are placed above a base made up of 4 squares ornamented with a different floral 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