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Isabella Catanea Parasole|Gargano|Hardy-Mennil

1600 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Written by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Lucchino Gargano, Venice, bound by Hardy-Mennil. Design composed of 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with a coiling vine with thorns. Middle register is decorated with an alternating pattern of upside-down and right-side up foliage elements. Bottom register is decorated with an alternating pattern of gridded rectangles and black squares.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Gargano|Hardy-Mennil

Date

1600

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929