Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 3 (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 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with an 8-petaled flower, backward 'S', and other groupings of black triangles. Middle column is decorated with a pattern of 4-petatled black flowers. Right column is decorated with black triangles that form backward 'S'-shape, heart, sideways 'M'-shape, and another heart.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921