Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 16 (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 printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated in the center with a 6-sided linear motif terminating into a dragon at 4 of its points; this central motif is further decorated with a superimposed black dotted line that attaches to a flower at the very top and bottom. Middle column is decorated in the center with a female composite figure (horse legs ?) who takes hold onto a coiling vine at each side. Right column is decorated in the center with a female composite figure with leaves for legs that curve outward and attach to coiling vines of leaves and flowers.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921