Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 16 (recto)

Designer Iseppo Foresto Italian
Publisher Jeronimo Calepino Italian

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Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, Venice.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated in the center with a 6-sided linear motif terminating into a dragon at 4 of its points; this central motif is further decorated with a superimposed black dotted line that attaches to a flower at the very top and bottom. Middle column is decorated in the center with a female composite figure (horse legs ?) who takes hold onto a coiling vine at each side. Right column is decorated in the center with a female composite figure with leaves for legs that curve outward and attach to coiling vines of leaves and flowers.

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 16 (recto), Iseppo Foresto (Italian, active Venice, 1557), Woodcut

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