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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 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with a line of 3 diamonds containing different images: top diamond contains image of a vase with a flower, middle diamonds contains image of composite human creature with plant stem legs, and bottom diamond contains image of double-headed bird. Middle column is decorated with 2 intertwining black lines that form overlapping diamonds with smaller diamonds in the center. Right column is decorated with a wavy line of black triangles.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921