DETAILS
- Artist
- Matteo Pagano
- Date
- 1546
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.5 x 15 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
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The full narration walks you through Spechio di pensieri delle belle et Virtudiose donne, page 6 (recto) — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Matteo Pagano
Matteo Pagano, an Italian printmaker, created intricate woodcut designs for lace patterns and other decorative arts in 16th-century Venice.
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Further Works by Pagano
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Spechio di pensieri delle belle et Virtudiose donne, page 14 (recto)
1546 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 6 (recto)
1554 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 11 (recto)
1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 13 (verso)
1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 15 (recto)
1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 16 (verso)
1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 25 (recto)
1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 28 (recto)
1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Arrival in Bethlehem
Master of the View of Saint Gudula · 1540 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1559
Same era · 1530s–1560s
Venus and Adonis
Titian · 1554 · Museo del Prado
Same era · 1530s–1560s
"Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi De vrbibvs..."
Albrecht Dürer · 1535 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1530s–1560s
The Meeting of Jacob and Rebecca, and Isaac Blessing Jacob from The Story of Jacob
Workshop of Jan van Tieghem · 1560 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1530s–1560s
Close Helmet
Pompeo della Cesa · 1560 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
