Two Ornamental Bands with Head of a Lion and Woman

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of ornamental designs featuring animal motifs. The image is composed of intricate decorative patterns divided into two horizontal sections. The upper section features a lion's head at the center, surrounded by scrollwork and winged creatures. The lower section contains more scrollwork with mythical beasts depicted in a mirrored arrangement. The style is ornate with detailed line work emphasizing symmetry and ornamentation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.149

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 990, State iii/vi

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. 990, iii/vi.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 990, iii/vi.

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: no. II. 266.

Wikidata ID

Q65025675

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