La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 4 (recto)
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.
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Design composed of 6 horizontal registers that are printed upon a grid. Frist register is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and 4-petatled flowers. Second register is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and flowers, some of which are dotted. Third register is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and fruit. Fourth register is decorated with a wavy vine of an alternating pattern of acorns and flowers. Fifth register is decorated with a wavy vine of an alternating pattern of a flower and a white dotted leaf. Sixth register is decorated with a pattern of white dotted flowers and interlace motifs.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 6 horizontal registers that are printed upon a grid. Frist register is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and 4-petatled flowers. Second register is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and flowers, some of which are dotted. Third register is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and fruit. Fourth register is decorated with a wavy vine of an alternating pattern of acorns and flowers. Fifth register is decorated with a wavy vine of an alternating pattern of a flower and a white dotted leaf. Sixth register is decorated with a pattern of white dotted flowers and interlace motifs.
Artwork Details
- Title: La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 4 (recto)
- Publisher: Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91) , Venice
- Illustrator: Woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati) (Italian, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana ca. 1520–ca. 1575 Venice)
- Date: 1567
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in. (16 x 21.5 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
- Object Number: 21.15.3(6)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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