La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 10 (verso)

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 that are printed upon a grid. Top register is decorated with a pattern of black zigzagging lines in the center with black triangles placed above and below them; this register ends in a circle framing a composite female and plant creature. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds that each have a 4-petaled flower in the center; this register ends in an image of a young boy holding a black flower.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 10 (verso), Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91) , Venice, Woodcut

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