Teatro delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne..., page 30 (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(30)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where we encounter *Teatro delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne...*, page 30 (recto), a delicate 1616 woodcut and engraving by the pioneering Italian artist Isabella Catanea Parasole, in collaboration with Mauritio Bona. Measuring just 7½ x 10⅞ inches, this page hails from a book celebrating noble and virtuous women, featuring intricate ornamental designs likely intended as patterns for embroidery, lace, or decorative arts—hallmarks of early 17th-century Italian elegance. Parasole, one of the few documented female printmake...
About the Artist
Isabella Catanea Parasole|Mauritio Bona (Italian|Italian) · 1565 | –1625 |
Italian, ca. 1565/70–ca. 1625|