Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, title page (recto)

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

1554 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice, bound by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, British, active London after 1821. From top to bottom, and left to right: Title in center printed in black, surrounded by ornate architectural frame with statues of putti, centaur heads in profile, and other human figures. At the very bottom is a framed scene of women producing textiles with a landscape behind them.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921