Ornamento nobile...Fatta da Lucretia Romana (Libro V of the Corona), page 4 (recto)

Alessandro de' Vecchi|Cesare Vecellio

1620 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Written by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, published by Alessandro de' Vecchi. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design forms triangular shape and is decorated with an alternating pattern of circles framed within squares and normal squares. Inside each circle is a floral motif, some of which are ornamented with other elements like a rabbit or bird. Framed within each squares is scene depicting figures going on a hunt.

Artist

Alessandro de' Vecchi|Cesare Vecellio

Date

1620

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933