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Isabella Catanea Parasole|Gugliemo Facciotti

(1625) · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca.1625, published by Gugliemo Facciotti, Rome. From top to bottom, and left to right: Designed composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with 2 small floral elements, followed by a triangle ornamented in the center with a flower. Bottom register forms a corner and is decorated with 4 squares (fourth square is printed on the upper half of the design) that are ornamented with a floral motif in the center.

Artist

Isabella Catanea Parasole|Gugliemo Facciotti

Date

(1625)

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mary M. Greenwood, in memory of Eliza Rudd Greenwood, 1953