Giardineto novo di punti tagliati et gropposi per exercitio & ornamento delle donne (Venice 1554), page 5 (recto)

Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd|Matteo Pagano

1554 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, bound by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, British, active London after 1821. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 4 vertical columns, each is 4 lines wide, printed upon a grid. First column is decorated with alternating pattern of diamonds and squares formed by black triangles. Second column is decorated with alternating pattern of diamonds and 'X's, all formed by black diamonds. Third column is decorated with alternating pattern of 'X', diamond, and backward 'S'; each motif is formed by black triangles. Fourth column is decorated with pattern of 8-petaled flowers connected together to form a line

Artist

Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd|Matteo Pagano

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921