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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 3 vertical columns. Left column is decorated in the center with a flower in a vase that is flanked by curving vines of leaves on which 2 serpentine creatures climb. Middle column is decorated in the center with a flower in a vase that is flanked by 2 vines shaped like figure-8s, which 4 nude boys climb. Right column is decorated with 2 curving vines that meet at a bull's head in the center with 2 nude boys at the sides; at the ends of each vine are leaves in form of a bird.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921