Pretiosa Gemma delle virtuose donne, page 34 (recto)

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 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with an alternating pattern of trees and 3-leafed foliage. Bottom register consists of a central section framed on the top and bottom by a border ornamented with a quatrefoil pattern; central section is decorated with a zigzagging pattern of a 3-sided motif resembling a tree.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Gargano|Hardy-Mennil

Date

1600

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929