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Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of an intricately designed urn. The urn has elaborate and ornate motifs with twisted tendrils and abstract organic forms that merge into fantastical appendages. The surface includes texture and depth through shading and line work. The handles are adorned with twisting elements resembling serpents or vines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.145

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1022, 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.1022.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1022.

Wikidata ID

Q65025671

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