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1647

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of an ornate cartouche featuring decorative elements. The cartouche displays text surrounded by a heavily adorned frame with two stylized creatures on either side and elaborate scrolling leaves or acanthus motifs. Above the cartouche, there is a helmet. The text within the cartouche appears to be an announcement or title in French, stating it is from 1647, with references to Paris. The intricate details and use of line work give it a sense of classical richness and opulence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.134

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1015, State i/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, no. 1015, i/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 1015, i/ii.

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

Q65025659

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