Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 2 (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: Design composed of 5 vertical columns printed upon grid. First column starts halfway down grid and is decorated with alternating pattern of black diamonds and white diamonds with black spots. Second column is decorated with alternating pattern of diamonds and 4-petaled black flowers. Third column is decorated with a zigzag line ornamented with an interlace pattern; each angle of the line meets a black triangle ornamented with 2 circular motifs. Fourth column is decorated with a pattern of gridded squares and white diamonds. Fifth column is decorated with an alternating pattern of diamonds and squares with 4-petaled flowers at the center.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921