Geronima Parasole — artist
- Creator(s):
- Agustín, Antonio
- Title:
- Dialoghi di Don Antonio Agostini arciuescouo di Tarracona intorno alle medaglie, inscrittioni et altre antichità
- Publication/Origin:
- Rome: Guglielmo Faciotto, 1592
- Description:
- This handsome folio of Agustín’s work on antiquities is considered the first book to contain illustrations by a woman artist, Geronima Parasole. The powerful Athena on the title page and the large woodcuts of triumphal arches bear various versions of her initials, “P. M.” and “G. A. P.” The knife next to her signature, boldly centered in the image, indicates that she cut as well as drew the blocks. The print shop where she worked was a family enterprise of the Parasole and Norsini families. Her sister-in-law, artist Elisabetta Catanea Parasole, made a number of extraordinarily beautiful, and extremely rare, lace model books.
- Citation:
- Agustín, Antonio, Dialoghi di Don Antonio Agostini arciuescouo di Tarracona intorno alle medaglie, inscrittioni et altre antichità, Rome: Guglielmo Faciotto, 1592, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2025, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/3961