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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 is printed upon a grid and is composed of 2 horizontal registers that are framed on the top and bottom by a border ornamented with a geometric pattern. Top register is decorated with series of dancing putti. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a circle framing a double-headed bird; flanking both sides of this central element is another bird connected to curving vines of leaves and flowers.

Artist

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

Date

1567

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1928