Le Pompe: Opera Nova, page 11 (recto)
Published by Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa, Venice.
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Design composed of 3 vertical columns. Left column is decorated with 2 intertwining lines forming oval shapes, 3 of which frame a leaf inside. Middle column is decorated with a curving vine with leaves. Right column is decorated with a pattern of overlapping diamond shapes with leaves and flowers inside.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 3 vertical columns. Left column is decorated with 2 intertwining lines forming oval shapes, 3 of which frame a leaf inside. Middle column is decorated with a curving vine with leaves. Right column is decorated with a pattern of overlapping diamond shapes with leaves and flowers inside.
Artwork Details
- Title: Le Pompe: Opera Nova, page 11 (recto)
- Publisher: Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa , Venice
- Date: 1557
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.5 x 15 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
- Object Number: 37.74(21)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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