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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 form a corner. First register is decorated with small squares that are ornamented with an alternating pattern of a motif comprised of 2 triangles and another motif formed by an 'x' superimposed over a circle. Second register is decorated with an alternating pattern of snowflakes and quatrefoils. Third register is decorated with the same pattern as that of the first. Fourth register is decorated with rounded triangular motifs that are ornamented with an alternating pattern of a quatrefoil and a snowflake.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Mauritio Bona

Date

1616

Medium

Woodcut, engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1919