La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 28 (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 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated in the center with a pot from which curving vines of leaves emanate; interspersed throughout the vines are a unicorn, squirrel, fox, and deer. Middle register is decorated in the center with a standing rabbit that holds 2 curving vines of leaves; amongst the foliage are a prancing deer, fox, and buck. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a vase of flowers that have curving stems of leaves; birds, rabbits, squirrels, and insects exist among the foliage.

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 28 (verso), Giovanni Ostaus (Italian, active Venice ca. 1554–91) , Venice, Woodcut

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