Fantastic Vases

probably 1646

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a series of ornately designed vases filled with elaborate arrangements of flowers. The central vase is the largest and features intricate detailing and a figure leaning against it. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black and white with varying line thickness. The largest vase is positioned centrally, flanked by slightly smaller vases on either side, each containing a dense bouquet of flowers that extends outward and upward.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.83

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1048, State i/iii

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.1048.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1048.

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: 110, no.259.

Wikidata ID

Q65025656

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