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Giovanni Battista Ciotti|Nicolo Moretti|Francesco de' Franceschi

1591 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Written by Giovanni Battista Ciotti, printed by Nicolo Moretti, Venice, 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 squares ornamented with a floral pattern. Middle register is decorated with a pattern of white semi-spherical forms above which are a group of stacked semi-circles. Bottom register is decorated with squares, each ornamented with a different pattern that is primarily characterized by diamonds and squares.

Artist

Giovanni Battista Ciotti|Nicolo Moretti|Francesco de' Franceschi

Date

1591

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mary M. Greenwood, in memory of Eliza Rudd Greenwood, 1953