Le Pompe: Opera Nova, page 9 (verso)

Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa

1557 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is for bobbin lace and is composed of 3 vertical columns. Left column is decorated with a base ornamented with diamonds intersected by 2 wavy lines with 4 triangular motifs at top. Middle column is decorated with a base ornamented with a zigzagging line through the center with 2 triangular motifs at top. Left column is decorated with an alternating pattern of triangles and a water drop motif.

Artist

Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa

Date

1557

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937