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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 2 levels of squares that are ornamented with a floral pattern. Middle register is decorated with a pattern of dotted semi-circles connected together by a series of stacked curving lines. Bottom register is decorated with ornamented squares, each containing a different diamond motif in the center.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Ciotti|Francesco de' Franceschi

Date

1591

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933