Arch of Constantine

1656

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows classical ruins from an oblique angle. There is a detailed façade on the left side and scattered ruins on the right. The horizon is high, with a sky depicted using fine, horizontal lines. In the foreground, there are grazing sheep and a figure. The ruins include carvings and columns on the left and crumbling structures on the right. The image is in monochrome, typical of etchings. The linework captures intricate details of the ruins and landscape, giving the scene a historic quality.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1977.12.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 834, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.834.

2001

  • Talbierska, Jolanta.AKWAFORTY ZE ZBIOROW GABINETU RYCIN BIBLIOTEKI UNIWERSYTECKIEJ W WARSZAWIE / Etchings from the Collection of the Print Room of the Warsaw University Library. Warsaw, 2001:187, no.43.

Wikidata ID

Q65577871

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