Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 15 (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 5 vertical columns printed upon a grid. First column is decorated with a wavy vine of black flowers and leaves. Second column is decorated with a curving vine of leaves, flowers, and tiny acorns. Third column is decorated in the center with a black flower that connects to coiling stems and leaves on either side. Fourth column is decorated in the center with a white dotted 4-petaled flower that is flanked on the top and bottom by various leaves. Fifth column is decorated in the center with a 4-petaled flower that is surrounded by a bird and curving vines on both sides.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921