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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 4 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with a pattern of mandorlas that each frame a 4-petaled flower in the center. Second register is decorated with 2 circles: left circle frames a bird standing on branches and right circle frames a bird feeding her babies in a nest. Third register is decorated with an alternating pattern of circles and quatrefoils that are superimposed with a Moresque pattern. Fourth register is decorated with a curving scroll upon which "IN CLITAVI RTUS" is inscribed.

Artist

Matteo Pagano

Date

1563

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937