Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 43 (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 printed upon a grid and composed of 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated in the center with a wavy vine of leaves, flowers, and round fruit. Middle register is decorated with curving vines of leaves and flowers that form a central circular form that is inscribed with "IXXI"; a bird is perched above this central element. Bottom register is decorated with a heart in between 2 wings.

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