Book illustration or more likely a trademark with a coat of arms featuring a lion and a tower set within an arch

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

16th century · Woodcut image on left side of a folded sheet, right side pen and ink mathematical calculations · Drawings and Prints

Giustiniano degli Azzi Vitelleschi's article in the Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst (1929, nr .2/3, pp.37-45) describes a collection of woodcuts, including this print (number 4). Vitelleschi believes these prints are trade devices, not intended for book covers, but rather were used as covers to account books. In addition, these emblems were mostly found on the inside of the cover.

Artist

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Date

16th century

Medium

Woodcut image on left side of a folded sheet, right side pen and ink mathematical calculations

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926