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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 consists of a central section that is framed on all sides by decorative borders of floral and foliage motifs (the top and bottom borders are divided into 2 parts that are each ornamented with a different pattern). The middle section is decorated with 4 semi-ellipse motifs ornamented with a central flower motif, which sit upon a rectangular base ornamented with an alternating pattern of 2 types of flowers.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Antonio Fachetti

Date

1610

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937