La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 11 (recto)

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 'X's and sideways 'S' motifs. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a female figure encircles by a flower and its stem that is flanked on either side by a flower that has 2 curving leaves and cornucopias; directly below this image is a curving vine of leaves and acorns.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 11 (recto), Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91) , Venice, Woodcut

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