Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 63 (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: left triangle is ornamented with a composite man and plant creature holding a plate of 3 fish, middle triangle is ornamented with a crowned female figure flanked on both sides by a dog, right triangle is ornamented with a flower flanked by 2 lions; above the triangles are 2 circles, each framing a 4-petaled flower. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a fountain that is flanked on either side by a composite male figure with bird wings and a plant stem for his lower half that coils outward; a bird sits upon each coil.

Artist

Cesare Vecellio

Date

1601

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918