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Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

1564 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, 1564. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 4 vertical columns. First column is decorated in the center with an urn flanked on the sides by a curving vine with leaves and acorns. Second column is decorated in the center with a 3-petaled flower with stems that curve outward at the sides. Third column is decorated with 2 curving vines that twist together in the center; among these vines are 2 reclining female nudes. Fourth column is decorated with a wavy vine with an alternating pattern of leaves and urns.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921