The Rock of Aeolus

1652

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image features jagged and irregular lines forming an abstract representation of a towering rock or mountain. At the summit, there are human-like figures gathered around. Above them, on a pedestal, a grand figure with a scepter appears to be overseeing the scene, with rays extending downward. On either side, abstract forms suggest faces. Several winged figures are soaring through the air. The structure below includes rocky outcrops and steps carved into its surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 31.4 x 22.6 cm (12 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.62.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 53, State only

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, no. 53, only.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 53, only.

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: undescribed.

Wikidata ID

Q74877198

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