La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 21 (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 3 horizontal registers that are printed upon a grid. Top register is decorated with 2 intertwining vines of leaves that create ovals, inside of which are birds and an owl. Middle register is decorated with an alternating pattern of an interlace motif and a 4-petaled flower. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a flower that has curving stems to which 2 putti cling.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 21 (recto), Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91) , Venice, Woodcut

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