Teatro delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne..., page 21 (recto)
Medium
Woodcut, engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in. (19 x 26.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number
19.51(21)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 17th Italian design with *Teatro delle Nobili ettuose Donne...*, page 21 (recto), a delicate woodcut engraving from 1616. Created by the pioneering engraver Isabella Catanea Paras in collaboration with Mauritio, this page hails from a book celebrating the elegance of noble and virtuous women. Measuring just 7½ x 10⅞ inches, it exemplifies the ornamental prints housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1919. Isabella Parasole, one of the earliest documented female printmakers working in Rome, spec...
About the Artist
Isabella Catanea Parasole|Mauritio Bona (Italian|Italian) · 1565 | –1625 |
Italian, ca. 1565/70–ca. 1625|