Recto: Letter T in a strapwork border with a male herm above a putto, from Douce Ornament Prints Album II
Verso: Letter V in a strapwork border with a female figure bearing a vase on either side

Details

• Title

  Recto: Letter T in a strapwork border with a male herm above a putto, from Douce Ornament Prints Album II
  Verso: Letter V in a strapwork border with a female figure bearing a vase on either side

• Artist/maker

  Cresci, Giovanni Francesco (1534 - 1614) (author)

  Marelli, Andrea (active 1567 - 1572) (printmaker)

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Lazio › Metropolitan City of Rome Capital › Rome (place of publication)

• Date

  1570

• Material and technique

  recto: engraving on laid paper
  verso: engraving on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print;

  communications equipment › art/writing equipment › alphabet;

  visual representation › print › ornament print

• Dimensions

  sheet 15.6 x 21.3 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  Western Art Print Room

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1915.85.45.2

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