Isabetta Alberti — artist
- Creator(s):
- Vecellio, Cesare
- Title:
- Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne. Fatti da Lugretia Romana
- Publication/Origin:
- Venice: Alessandro de' Vecchi, 1625
- Description:
- This series of four lace-pattern books published by Italian engraver and painter Cesare Vecellio first appeared from 1591-1596. At the time, lace was used extravagantly on both male and female clothing, as well as on linens. This series was the most extensive collection of lace patterns published to that point, and it was frequently reprinted. The dedication page of the fourth volume (dated 1616) is signed by Isabetta Alberti, who writes, “I came upon them [the lace designs] by chance and by means of my prints may works invented with such exquisiteness and diligence not remain in the shadows.”
- Citation:
- Vecellio, Cesare, Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne. Fatti da Lugretia Romana, Venice: Alessandro de' Vecchi, 1625, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/3975