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Matteo Pagano

1563 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 7 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with a zigzagging line ornamented with squares. Second register is decorated with a curving line with a snowflake motif on top of or underneath each curve. Third register is decorated with a zigzagging line of diamonds with a 4-petaled flower above or below each corner. Fourth register is decorated with 2 birds flanking a heart followed by 2 other flowers. Fifth register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a snowflake and a tree. Sixth register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a group of 'X's and an 'S' motif. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of squares, each superimposed with an 'X'.

Artist

Matteo Pagano

Date

1563

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937