La Gloria et l'Honore di Ponti Tagliati, E Ponti in Aere, page 6 (recto)

Matteo Pagano

1556 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with 2 curving vines of black leaves and white dotted flowers that flank a central image of 2 men on either side of a black bird. Middle column is decorated with 2 intertwining vines with acorns, solid black and white dotted leaves, and various white dotted flowers. Right column is decorated with a central floral element, emanating from which are curving stems with leaves, flowers, and half-bodied putti with dotted wings.

Artist

Matteo Pagano

Date

1556

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929