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Objectillustration: Books Prints Ornament & Architecture
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Author of the objectIsabella Catanea Parasole
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumWoodcut, engraving
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SizeOverall: 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in. (19 x 26.5 cm)
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Geography details
Italy -
Country today
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Date1616
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
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Written by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Mauritio Bona, Rome.
From top to bottom, and left to right:
Design consists of a central section that is divided into halves. Left side of middle section is comprised of 3 half-registers that are ornamented with various floral and foliage patterns formed by geometric shapes and curvilinear lines. The registers are labeled in the following order (from top to bottom): “P. 88,” “P. 30,” and “P.48.” Similar to the left side, right side of middle section is comprised of 3 half-registers that are ornamented with various floral and foliage patterns formed by geometric shapes and curvilinear lines. The registers are labeled in the following order (from top to bottom): “P. 28,” “P. 48,” “P. 68.”