Le Pompe: Opera Nova, page 15 (recto)

1557
Not on view
Published by Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa, Venice.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design is decorated with intertwining lines that form diamonds and quatrefoils, inside which are 4-petaled flowers. Interspersed throughout the whole design is another floral motif.

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Object Information
  • Title: Le Pompe: Opera Nova, page 15 (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(29)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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