La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 9 (recto)

Publisher Giovanni Ostaus Italian
 Woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati) Italian

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Published by Giovanni Ostaus, Venice, woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati), Italian, Castelnuova di Garfagnana ca. 1520-1575 Venice.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 3 horizontal registers that are printed upon a grid. Top register is decorated with a pattern of overlapping 'X's that are ornamented inside with a leaf motif. Middle register is decorated with a zigzagging line and diamonds, which are both ornamented with a leaf motif. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds; each diamond frames a 4-petaled flower in the center.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 9 (recto), Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91) , Venice, Woodcut

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