Quatriregio (Four Realms)
July 26, 1508
Medium
Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions
11 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 1/2 in. (28.3 x 21.3 x 1.3 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
21.4.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Quatriregio ( Realms)**, printed on July 26, 1508, is a rare Renaissance edition of Federico Frezzi's allegorical, brought to life by the Florentine printer Ser Piero Pac da Pescia. Fre, a 15th-century Italian bishop poet, crafted this visionary work around 1417, imagining a dreamlike journey through four symbolic realms—likely evoking themes of love,, wealth, and mortality. This incunabula-style book, acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art via the Rogers Fund in 1920, exemplifies the transition from manuscript to printed literature in early 16th-century Italy. The volume's woodcut illu...
About the Artist
Federico Frezzi|Ser Piero Pacini da Pescia (Italian|Italian) · 1346 | –1416 |
ca. 1346–1416|Italian, active Florence ca. 1495-1514