Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 15 (recto)
Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, Venice.
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Design composed of 4 vertical columns printed upon a grid. First column is decorated in the center with an interlace motif surrounding a 4-petaled flower in the middle, which is flanked on the top and bottom by leaves. Second column is decorated in the center with a double-headed bird that forms into leaves followed by coiling stems. Third column is decorated with a curving vine of leaves. Fourth column is decorated with a pattern of leaves that attach to illustrations of a bull's head.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 4 vertical columns printed upon a grid. First column is decorated in the center with an interlace motif surrounding a 4-petaled flower in the middle, which is flanked on the top and bottom by leaves. Second column is decorated in the center with a double-headed bird that forms into leaves followed by coiling stems. Third column is decorated with a curving vine of leaves. Fourth column is decorated with a pattern of leaves that attach to illustrations of a bull's head.
Artwork Details
- Title: Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 15 (recto)
- Designer: Iseppo Foresto (Italian, active Venice, 1557)
- Publisher: Jeronimo Calepino , Venice
- Published in: Venice
- Date: 1564
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19 x 14 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
- Object Number: 21.45.2(29)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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