Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 2 (recto)
Printed by Willem Vosterman.
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Design composed of 5 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with zigzagging lines that have an acorn at each point. Second register is decorated with an alternating pattern of right side-up and upside-down acorns. Third register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a floral motif and birds. Fourth register is divided into 2 sections: left has a black background and right has a white background; this register is decorated with a zigzagging line that has a trefoil motif at each point. Fifth register is divided into 2 sections: left has a black background and is decorated with a linear patter and right has a white background and is decorated in the center with squares that are connected to a linear pattern at the sides.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 5 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with zigzagging lines that have an acorn at each point. Second register is decorated with an alternating pattern of right side-up and upside-down acorns. Third register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a floral motif and birds. Fourth register is divided into 2 sections: left has a black background and right has a white background; this register is decorated with a zigzagging line that has a trefoil motif at each point. Fifth register is divided into 2 sections: left has a black background and is decorated with a linear patter and right has a white background and is decorated in the center with squares that are connected to a linear pattern at the sides.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 2 (recto)
- Printer: Willem Vosterman (Netherlandish, active Antwerp)
- Date: after 1527
- Medium: Woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (17.5 x 14.5 cm)
- Classifications: Books, (not assigned), Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Mary M. Greenwood, in memory of Eliza Rudd Greenwood, 1953
- Object Number: 53.566.3(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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