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Isabella Catanea Parasole|Antonio Fachetti

1610 · 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 is divided into 2 halves. Left half is decorated with 2 triangular motifs formed by curving vines with flowers that sit upon an ornamented rectangle, inside which are 8-petaled flowers that flank a central mandorla shape. Right half is decorated with 2 ellipse motifs with a flower at the very top that sit upon an ornamented rectangle, inside which are 2 circles decorated with foliage and acorn motifs.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Antonio Fachetti

Date

1610

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937