Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 4 (recto)

Printer Willem Vosterman Netherlandish
after 1527
Not on view
Printed by Willem Vosterman.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 2 vertical columns; each column has a gridded background. Left column is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and fruit. Right column is decorated with a curving vine of leaves and flowers. Below these two columns is a frieze ornamented in the center with a winged putto who flies above a small flower with 2 stems that curve outward.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 4 (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(7)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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