2345B

Ornamental band for a title page (Hercules)

Artist: Workshop of Antonio Ricardo (ca. 1540 - 1605/1606)
Title: Ornamental band for a chapter page (Hercules)
Date: 1584
Medium: Woodcut. Page illustration to Doctrina Christiana y Catecismo […] Compuesto por auctoridad del Concilio Prouincial, que se celebro en la Ciudad de los Reyes el año de 1583[.] Impresso en la Ciudad de los Reyes por Antonio Ricardo, primero impressor en estos Reynos del Piru. Año de MDLXXXIIII.
Photo Source: Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
Correspondence Credit: Estabridis 2002, 72-73 (who noted the connection with the Trugillo printing) and Almerindo Ojeda
Note: It is unlikely that Ricardo obtained the woodblock for this woodcut from Trugillo (rather than from the Crombergers). For, if he did, that block would be the only one Ricardo obtained from Trugillo. In any case, I have not been able to find any other of Ricardo's woodcuts among Trugillo's publications.
Item: 2345B

Correspondences: Archive: 1940A/2345B; Archive: 1940A/2345B; Archive: 1940A/2345B