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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 composed of 4 horizontal registers that are framed on the left and right by 2 vertical columns decorated with foliage. First register is decorated with a wavy vine of an alternating pattern of a fleur-de-lis and a small flower. Second register is decorated with a curving vine with 2 fleurs-de-lis. Third register is decorated with a pattern of 3-petaled flowers with curving stems. Fourth register is decorated with coiling stems that frame a heart-shaped flower in the center.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Antonio Fachetti

Date

1610

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937