Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 99 (recto)
Published by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice.
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Design composed of 4 horizontal registers. Frist register is decorated on the top edge with 4 ornamented pentagonal motifs; bottom edge is decorated with a wavy line of flowers framed within diamonds that flank a central female composite creature with 2 birds at her sides. Second register is decorated with 2 overlapping zigzag lines that form diamonds that frame flowers and triangular shapes that frame another triangle. Third register is decorated with an alternating pattern of right-side up and upside-down triangular motifs formed by curving vines around flowers. Fourth register is decorated with a pattern of flowers that have black-and-white striped vines.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 4 horizontal registers. Frist register is decorated on the top edge with 4 ornamented pentagonal motifs; bottom edge is decorated with a wavy line of flowers framed within diamonds that flank a central female composite creature with 2 birds at her sides. Second register is decorated with 2 overlapping zigzag lines that form diamonds that frame flowers and triangular shapes that frame another triangle. Third register is decorated with an alternating pattern of right-side up and upside-down triangular motifs formed by curving vines around flowers. Fourth register is decorated with a pattern of flowers that have black-and-white striped vines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 99 (recto)
- Publisher: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521–1601 Venice)
- Published in: Venice
- Date: 1601
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 11/16 in. (14 x 19.5 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
- Object Number: 18.67.2(101)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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