Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 8 (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 2 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is narrower and is decorated with a coiling vine of leaves at each side that connect in the center to a hanging black flower. Right column is wider and is decorated with a central lace motif formed by black lines ornamented with white dots; the interlace pattern forms the outline of a cross in the center and is surrounded on all sides by coiling vines and leaves.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921