Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 62 (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 triangles; the left and right triangles are ornamented with a flower in the center, whereas the middle triangle is ornamented with 2 birds flanking a central flower. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a vase of flowers that is flanked on both sides by a curving vine that terminates in a flower from which emanates a cherub figure that captures a bird.

Artist

Cesare Vecellio

Date

1601

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918