Livre de Moresques, page 6 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 8 5/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.71.8(11)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Cornelis Bos|Hiérosme de Gormont|Francesco di Pellegrino · 1510–1556
Cornelis Bos (c. 1506/10–before 1555), a Netherlandish engraver, printseller, and publisher born in 's-Hertogenbosch, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Antwerp print trade during the mid-16th century. His early life remains sparsely documented, with no records of formal training or mentors, though he was active in Antwerp by 1537, producing his earliest known engraving, *Prudence and Justice*, af...