Dialoghi di Don Antonio Agostini arciuescouo di Tarracona intorno alle medaglie, inscrittioni et altre antichità
Title:
Dialoghi di Don Antonio Agostini arciuescouo di Tarracona intorno alle medaglie, inscrittioni et altre antichità
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.
Creator:
Agustín, Antonio
Publisher:
Guglielmo Faciotto
Date:
1592
Coverage:
Rome
Display Date:
1592
Hover Text:
Geronima Parasole — artist
Published Item:
P
Item Index:
15
Item Sort:
1200s to 1500s
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