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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 3 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with 3 triangles that are each ornamented with a central floral element. Middle register is decorated with 5 squares that are each ornamented with a different floral motif. Bottom register is decorated with squares that are ornamented with a pattern of a pair of curving leaves attached to a straight line.

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