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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 2 vertical columns; only left column is printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with 2 branches with leaves and acorns that flank an upside-down rooster. Right column consists of a central section that is decorated with a pattern of curving vines forming heart shapes with 2 dolphin heads at the bottom; this central section is framed on the top and bottom by a border ornamented with vines of leaves and grapes.

Artist

Iseppo Foresto|Jeronimo Calepino

Date

1564

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921