La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 22 (recto)

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. Top register is decorated with 4 trees and in between each tree are a woman, man, and another woman. Bottom register is decorated in the center with a classical ornamented fountain from which 2 birds drink; flanking both sides of the fountain are a seated figure and a pot of flowers.

Artist

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

Date

1567

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1928