Ornamento delle belle & virtuose donne, page 11 (verso)

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. First column is decorated with an ornamented zigzagging line. Second column is decorated with a figure-8 motif with 2 'X's flanking it on the top and bottom. Third column is decorated with 2 intertwining lines forming ovals; the center oval contains a 4-petaled flower. Fourth column is decorated with an 'X' followed by a diamond, another 'X', and a backward 'S'. Fifth column is decorated with a series of diversely-patterned diagonal lines.

Artist

Matteo Pagano|Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd

Date

1554

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921