Cartouche Suspended from Corpses

1647

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of an ornately decorated frame. The frame features intricate detailing with draped fabric and two skull-like masks at the top. The masks have elongated features and a grotesque appearance. Scrolling decorations and embellishments are seen, including what looks like a scroll and tassel on the left. At the bottom center, there is a blank cartouche with swirling decorative elements. The drawing has detailed linework to emphasize texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.2 × 12.7 cm (6 3/8 × 5 in.)
    plate: 12.4 × 9.1 cm (4 7/8 × 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.139

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1024, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches [plate 10]

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.1024.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1024.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: S Della Bella fecit cum Priuil Regis 10; in black ink, at upper left: 219;

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65025665

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