La Gloria et l'Honore di Ponti Tagliati, E Ponti in Aere, page 11 (verso)

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 2 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with female composite figure with plant stems for legs that touches vase on left; to the right of the figure are 2 coiling stems with leaves, flowers, and a bird. Right column is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and flowers among which a lion pounces in the center and 2 birds stand on the vine at the sides.

Artist

Matteo Pagano

Date

1556

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929