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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: Design composed of 2 horizontal registers. Top register is decorated with an alternating pattern of tall trees and a small foliage motif. Bottom register is divided into 3 sections by what appears to be a zigzagging line that has been cut at each point to form 3 separate lines; in between each line is a foliage element.

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