Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (recto)

Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (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 composed of 3 horizontal registers that are divided into halves; each half is decorated with a different linear foliage pattern and contains an inscription (P 36, P 34, P 24, P 36, P 38, P 33). The middle section consisting of the horizontal registers is framed on all sides by a decorative border (top and bottom are divided into halves with different patterns) that contain an inscription (P 16 and P 13, P 36, P 22, P 18 and P 18).

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (recto)Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 37 (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.