Giardineto novo di punti tagliati et gropposi per exercitio & ornamento delle donne (Venice 1554), page 21 (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 5 vertical columns printed upon grid. First column is decorated with a backward 'S' flanked on top and bottom by an 'X' followed by a diamond. Second column is decorated with a wavy line with a floral element at each curve. Third column is decorated with a line of diamonds containing hearts at the center. Fourth column is decorated with diamonds on top of a backward 'S'. Fifth column is decorated with a series of diversely ornamented wavy lines (one upon another).

Artist

Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd|Matteo Pagano

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921