Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 9 (recto)

Federico de Vinciolo|Jean Le Clerc|Catherine de Bourbon

1603 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, dedicated to Catherine de Bourbon, French, 1558-1604. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is primarily decorated with a pattern of circles ornamented with a floral motif. Placed at the top left and right corners is a sun with a face. In the center of the design is a cross flanked by a ladder on the left and a column on the right. Below the cross is a mound of grass upon which a chicken walks and a skull with crossbones lies. There are also 2 male heads depicted in the center of the design surrounding the cross.

Artist

Federico de Vinciolo|Jean Le Clerc|Catherine de Bourbon

Date

1603

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939