Lucidario di Recami, page 4 (recto)

Designer Iseppo Foresto Italian
Publisher Jeronimo Calepino Italian

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Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, 1564.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 3 vertical columns. Left column is decorated in the center with a flower in a vase that is flanked by curving vines of leaves on which 2 serpentine creatures climb. Middle column is decorated in the center with a flower in a vase that is flanked by 2 vines shaped like figure-8s, which 4 nude boys climb. Right column is decorated with 2 curving vines that meet at a bull's head in the center with 2 nude boys at the sides; at the ends of each vine are leaves in form of a bird.

Lucidario di Recami, page 4 (recto), Iseppo Foresto (Italian, active Venice, 1557), Woodcut

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