Le Pompe: Opera Nova, page 13 (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 2 vertical columns. Left column is decorated with a base made up of squares ornamented with diamonds, 'X's, or plant motifs, which has two 3-petaled floral motifs at top. Right column is decorated with a base ornamented with an alternating pattern of a circular motif and 4-petaled flowers with 3 triangular motifs at top.

Artist

Giovanni Battista & Marchio Sessa

Date

1557

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937