Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)

Iseppo Foresto

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Iseppo Foresto, published by Jeronimo Calepino, Venice. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 3 vertical columns printed upon a grid. Left column is decorated with 2 curving vines with black flowers and leaves that connect to a white dotted flower at the bottom. Middle column is decorated with 2 coiling vines that connect at bottom to frame a black heart with 2 arrows shot through it. Right column is decorated with 2 coiling vines that form the legs of a composite female figure at the very bottom.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 4 (recto)

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