Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 17 (recto)

Pietro Paulo Tozzi|Libraria del Giesu

October 1, 1604 · Etching and drawing · Drawings and Prints

Ghirlanda: Di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi Giardini d'Italia, page 17 (recto) — Pietro Paulo Tozzi|Libraria del Giesu

Designed by Pietro Paulo Tozzi, published by Libraria del Giesu, Padua. Calligraphy by Antonello Bertozzi and Sebastian Zanella, scribes of Padua. Design is composed of a central rectangle upon which calligraphic text is printed in black. At the beginning and the end of the last line of text are twisting linear motifs. Surrounding this middle section is a decorative border comprised of 2 levels of geometric and linear motifs.

Artist
Pietro Paulo Tozzi|Libraria del Giesu
Date
October 1, 1604
Medium
Etching and drawing
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1922