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Florio Vavassore|Giovanni Andrea Vavassore

August 1, 1532 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Originally published by Giovanni Andrea Vavassore, Italian, active 16th century, Venice, designed by Florio Vavassore (Giovanni's brother), Italian, active 16th century. Reissued by Macmillan & Co., British, London and New York. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 4 horizontal registers. 1st register is decorated with 8-petaled flower within diamond pattern. 2nd register is decorated with an alternating 'X' and snowflake pattern. 3rd register is decorated with squares and diamonds that are each ornamented with either a diamond inside a circle or a diamond inside a '*'. 4th register is decorated with a pattern of black 'x's inside of 2 stacked white squares.

Artist

Florio Vavassore|Giovanni Andrea Vavassore

Date

August 1, 1532

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918