Giardineto novo di punti tagliati et gropposi per exercitio & ornamento delle donne (Venice 1554), page 23 (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. First column is decorated with diagonal lines ornamented with a circular pattern. Second column is decorated with half of an 'X' at the top, followed by a backward 'S', then another 'X', a diamond, and finally another 'X'. Third column is decorated with 2 intertwining lines forming ovals that contain different patterns. Fourth column is decorated with a central backward 'S' flanked at the top and bottom by 2 'X's. Fifth column is decorated with a central zigzag line surrounded by different floral elements.

Artist

Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd|Matteo Pagano

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921