Teatro delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne..., page 5 (recto)

Author Isabella Catanea Parasole Italian
Publisher Mauritio Bona Italian

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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 composed of 4 horizontal registers that are framed on the left by a vertical column ornamented with an 'S' motif and on the right by a vertical column ornamented with flowers. First register is decorated with a wavy vine of 2 different types of flowers. Second register is decorated striped branches forming a zigzag line that intertwine with a thin curving vine of flowers. Third register is decorated with flowers that have coiling striped stems. Fourth register is decorated with an alternating pattern of a striped branch attached to a 5-petaled flower.

Teatro delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne..., page 5 (recto), Isabella Catanea Parasole (Italian, ca. 1565/70–ca. 1625), Woodcut, engraving

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