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Giovanni Ostaus|Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati)

1567 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Published by Giovanni Ostaus, Venice, woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati), Italian, Castelnuova di Garfagnana ca. 1520-1575 Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 2 horizontal registers that are printed upon a grid. Top register is decorated with a pattern of black zigzagging lines in the center with black triangles placed above and below them; this register ends in a circle framing a composite female and plant creature. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds that each have a 4-petaled flower in the center; this register ends in an image of a young boy holding a black flower.

Artist

Giovanni Ostaus|Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati)

Date

1567

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1928