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Isabella Catanea Parasole|Antonio Fachetti

1597 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Antonio Fachetti, Rome. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of a decorative border ornamented with an alternating pattern of squares with a floral motif and squares with a quatrefoil motif. The border divides the design into 2 sections, each characterized by a large central square. Square on the left contains an ornamented 4-petaled flower and square of the right contains a heart formed by a black-and-white striped curvilinear line that is intersected by another white line.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Antonio Fachetti

Date

1597

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1918