Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 90 (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 is decorated in the center with a fountain from which 2 composite beasts drink. The entire fountain is surrounded by 2 curving vines that emanate below from the fountain and attach at the top to a flower, which is flanked by a peacock on each side. At the bottom left and right corners are 2 composite male creatures that support a pot of flowers.

Artist

Cesare Vecellio

Date

1601

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918