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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. Top register is decorated in the center with a grotesque head that is flanked on either side by composite human/dragon and plant creatures. Middle register is decorated in the center with a composite woman, bird, and plant creature that is flanked on its sides by plant and grotesque figures. Bottom register is decorated in the center with another grotesque object that is surrounded on both sides by other plant/animal/grotesque creatures.

Artist

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

Date

1567

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1928