Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)

Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)

Isabella Catanea Parasole

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Antonio Fachetti, Rome. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design consists of a central section that is framed on all sides by decorative borders of floral and foliage motifs (the top and bottom borders are divided into 2 parts that are each ornamented with a different pattern). The middle section is decorated with 4 semi-ellipse motifs ornamented with a central flower motif, which sit upon a rectangular base ornamented with an alternating pattern of 2 types of flowers.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 28 (recto)

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.