Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 18 (verso)
Printed by Willem Vosterman.
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Design composed of 7 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with a zigzagging line. Second register is decorated with a curving line that has a flower placed inside each curve. Third register is decorated in the center with a zigzagging line ornamented with diamonds; underneath each angle is a quatrefoil. Fourth register is decorated with birds and other geometric motifs. Fifth register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a tree and a snowflake or flower. Sixth register is decorated with 2 intertwining vines of flowers. Seventh register is decorated with a pattern of 'X's superimposed by diamonds.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design composed of 7 horizontal registers. First register is decorated with a zigzagging line. Second register is decorated with a curving line that has a flower placed inside each curve. Third register is decorated in the center with a zigzagging line ornamented with diamonds; underneath each angle is a quatrefoil. Fourth register is decorated with birds and other geometric motifs. Fifth register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a tree and a snowflake or flower. Sixth register is decorated with 2 intertwining vines of flowers. Seventh register is decorated with a pattern of 'X's superimposed by diamonds.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ce est ung tractat de la noble art de leguille ascavoir ouvraiges de spaigne... page 18 (verso)
- 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(36)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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