Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 104 (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 4 horizontal registers. First register is decorated in the center with a flower that is flanked on either side by a composite man and lion creature that in turn surrounds both sides of another flower. Second register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a diamond and a quatrefoil that are ornamented in the center with a flower. Third register is decorated with multiple floral motifs. Fourth register is decorated with a pattern of circles containing different 4-petaled flowers.

Artist

Cesare Vecellio

Date

1601

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918