Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (recto)

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (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 at the top with a circle containing a floral element that is followed underneath by curving vines with leaves. Middle column is decorated at the top with a pot of flowers framed by an octagonal shape that connects to curving vines and flowers below. Right column is decorated with a curving vine of white dotted and solid black leaves.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (recto)Splendore delle virtuose giovani, page 12 (recto)

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