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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 3 squares: left and right squares are ornamented with the same motif characterized by 4 semi-circular lines attached to the side of an 'X', while the middle square is ornamented with a quatrefoil motif. Bottom register is decorated with 4 squares that are each ornamented with a circular floral motif (first and fourth squares have the same motif, and second and third squares have the same motif).

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