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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 4 vertical columns printed upon a grid. First two columns are broken up into 2 separate sections, each with a different pattern. The top sections of the first two columns are characterized by a zigzag line, and the bottom sections are characterized by an alternating pattern of two different motifs. Third column forms the shape of a long parallelogram. Fourth column is decorated with an alternating pattern of 2 black triangles forming diamonds and a white diamond ornamented with a linear motif.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921