Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 10 (recto)
Printed by Willem Vosterman.
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Design composed of 7 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with a pattern of stacked black triangles. Second register is decorated with a curving line that has an image of a tree at each curve. Third register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds formed by twisting lines. Fourth register is decorated with a wavy vine of black heart-shaped leaves. Fifth register is decorated with an ornamented zigzagging line. Sixth register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds that have a smaller diamond at each of their corners. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of black motifs resembling trees.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 7 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with a pattern of stacked black triangles. Second register is decorated with a curving line that has an image of a tree at each curve. Third register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds formed by twisting lines. Fourth register is decorated with a wavy vine of black heart-shaped leaves. Fifth register is decorated with an ornamented zigzagging line. Sixth register is decorated with a pattern of diamonds that have a smaller diamond at each of their corners. Bottom register is decorated with a pattern of black motifs resembling trees.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 10 (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(19)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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