Engravings Show Native Woman and Scandinavian Woman as Imagined by Artist of Italian Renaissance, 1598
Two wood engravings by Cesare Vecellio. Giovanni Bernardo Sessa: Venice, 1598. Each measure 4.75 x 7 inches. One engraving shows a woman from Scandinavia, an early Italian representation of Viking women, with what seems like a weapon in one hand and fire coming out of her mouth. Scandinavian women did.....