Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 8 (verso)

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 printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated in the center with a diamond containing a white dotted 4-petaled flower; attached to the top and bottom of the diamond are circular shapes that are further connected to an interlace motif formed out of black lines with white dots. Middle column is decorated in the center with a black 'X' intersecting a diamond with a flower on the outside of each of its corners; this central element is surrounded by foliage on both sides. Right column is decorated with an alternating pattern of a 4-petaled flower with white dotted leaves and a black interlace motif.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921