Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 95 (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 that frame an ornamented urn in the center; these triangles sit upon a rectangular base that is ornamented with 2 different patterns (each pattern decorates half of the base). Bottom register is decorated with 3 triangles that frame a spotted animal under an arch; the triangles sit upon a rectangular base that is ornamented with an alternating pattern of an oval with a man on horseback in the center and a floral motif.

Artist

Cesare Vecellio

Date

1601

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918