Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 9 (recto)

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

1564 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 vertical columns; only left column is printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with a vase in the center that is flanked by 2 reclining female composite figures with leaves for legs that turn into coiling vines with leaves. Middle column is decorated with a wavy vine with an alternating pattern of flowers and white dotted leaves. Right column is decorated with a grotesque head in the center to which 2 coiling vines with leaves and grapes are attached.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921