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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 consists of a central section that is divided into halves and framed on the left by a decorative vertical column labeled "P. 8" and on the right by a decorative vertical column labeled "P 18." Left side of middle section is comprised of 6 half-registers that are ornamented with various floral and foliage patterns formed by geometric shapes and curvilinear lines. The registers are labeled in the following order (from top to bottom): "P. 14," "P. 32," "P. 20," "P. 22," "P. 38," and "P. 15." Similar to the left side, right side of middle section is comprised of 6 half-registers that are ornamented with various floral and foliage patterns formed by geometric shapes and curvilinear lines. The registers are labeled in the following order (from top to bottom): "P. 16," "P.58," "P. 28," "P. 38," "P. 32," "P. 18."

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Mauritio Bona

Date

1616

Medium

Woodcut, engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1919