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Giovanni Battista Ciotti|Francesco de' Franceschi

1591 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Written by Giovanni Battista Ciotti, published by Francesco de' Franceschi, Italian, active 16th century. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with ornamented squares containing an alternating pattern of circles with an X through the middle and ovals with a diagonal line through the middle. Middle register is decorated with triangles ornamented with different floral and linear patterns that form a zigzagging line in between them. Bottom register is decorated with small squares containing a different circular or floral motif.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Ciotti|Francesco de' Franceschi

Date

1591

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933