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Isabella Catanea Parasole|Mauritio Bona

1616 · Woodcut, engraving · Drawings and Prints

Written by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Mauritio Bona, Rome. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design composed of 4 horizontal registers that are framed on the left and right side by a border ornamented with a foliage pattern. First register is decorated with a pattern of flowers with encircling leaves. Second register is decorated with a curving line formed by a series of branches to which leaves and flowers are attached. Third register is decorated with a wavy vine of flowers with overlapping leaves. Fourth register is decorated in the center with a flower that has stems that curve outward and terminate in a 5-petaled flower at each end.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Mauritio Bona

Date

1616

Medium

Woodcut, engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1919