Giardineto novo di punti tagliati et gropposi per exercitio & ornamento delle donne (Venice 1554), page 12 (verso)

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: First half of a double-page design composed of 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with 2 diamonds: left containing a male figure and right containing a fountain. Middle register is decorated with series of diamonds (one around the other) with a 4-petaled flower in the center. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of 'V's (upright and upside down) formed by black triangles.

Artist

Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd|Matteo Pagano

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921