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Gugliemo Facciotti|Isabella Catanea Parasole

(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 5 squares (first 3 squares are ornamented with the same pattern) that are each ornamented with a floral motif. Bottom register is divided into 3 sections: left section consists of 6 small squares (2 rows of 3 squares) ornamented with an alternating pattern of a quatrefoil and foliage motif, middle section consists of a square ornamented with a flower characterized by a quatrefoil inside a circle at its center, right section consists of a square ornamented with a flower formed by circular shapes.

Artist

Gugliemo Facciotti|Isabella Catanea Parasole

Date

(1625)

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

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