Corona delle Nobile et Virtuose Donne, Libro Terzo, page 18 (recto)

Alessandro de' Vecchi|Cesare Vecellio

1620 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice, published by Alessandro de' Vecchi, Italian, active 17th century, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with 3 rounded triangles that are each ornamented with various musical instruments. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a flower that is flanked on both sides by a grotesque figure playing a horn that transforms into a curving vine, upon which a monkey playing a tambourine sits.

Artist

Alessandro de' Vecchi|Cesare Vecellio

Date

1620

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of the Guild of Book Workers, 1960