Libellus artificiosus omnibus pictoribus, statuarijs, aurifabris, lapidicidis, arcularijs, laminarijs & cultrarijs fabris, sumopere utilis, nec à quae[que] antea uisus, nec prius editus

Vogtherr, Heinrich, 1490-1556, Vogtherr, Heinrich, 1513?-1566 · 1539 · [Strasbourg] : Cum priuilegio Cesareo impressus Argentorari per Heinricum Vogtherren · 57 pictures

A pattern book of Renaissance ornament issued by Heinrich Vogtherr at Strasbourg in 1539 for painters, sculptors, goldsmiths, stonecutters, joiners and cutlers to copy from. Pages arrange nine woodcut column capitals in a grid, each built from acanthus, scrolls, masks, putti and animal heads in clean outline with little shading, ready for tracing, recolouring or use as single motifs.

Decoration and ornament, Renaissance

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