The Metropolitan Museum of Art Maritime Motifs Oversize Structured Tote
95,00 USD
Description
A Museum tote bag makes the perfect gift. This beachy design is assembled from a selection of 18th-century engravings by Franz Michael Regenfuss (German, 1712-1780) in The Met collection. Fascinated by exotic natural specimens, the artist published Choix de Coquillages et de Crustacés, a book of wonderfully detailed depictions of shells and crustaceans. The portfolio to which these prints belong became wildly popular thanks to the large scale and finesse of the illustrations. Their three-dimensional quality is largely attributed to the skillful application of color, most of which was notably executed by Regenfuss's wife, Margaretha Helena.