La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 28 (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 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated in the center with an urn with a flame that is flanked on either side by a composite man and lion creature with a coiling vine for a tail. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a flower emanating from the top of a deer's head, which is flanked on either side by a dog that has a tail in the form of a coiling vine that terminates in a composite man and insect creature.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 28 (recto), Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91)  , Venice, Woodcut

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