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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 2 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with an ornamented backward 'S' and a diamond with a 5-leaf plant inside a vase at the center. Right column is decorated with a 4-petaled flower, 'X', and an interlace pattern, all of which are formed by a series of black triangles.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921