Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 27 (recto)

Cesare Vecellio

1601 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with 3 semi-ellipse motifs: left motif is ornamented with roosters and floral elements, middle motif is ornamented with Orpheus serenading various animals, and right motif is ornamented with 2 birds flanking a vase with a flower. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a vase that is flanked by coiling vines on the sides.

Artist

Cesare Vecellio

Date

1601

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918