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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 3 horizontal registers that are printed upon a grid. Top register is decorated with 2 intertwining vines of leaves that create ovals, inside of which are birds and an owl. Middle register is decorated with an alternating pattern of an interlace motif and a 4-petaled flower. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a flower that has curving stems to which 2 putti cling.

Artist

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

Date

1567

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1928