La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 21 (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.
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Design is printed upon a grid and is composed of 2 horizontal registers that are framed on the top and bottom by a border ornamented with a geometric pattern. Top register is decorated with series of dancing putti. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a circle framing a double-headed bird; flanking both sides of this central element is another bird connected to curving vines of leaves and flowers.

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

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