Ornamental Frieze with Marine Creatures

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of ornate decorative scrollwork with mythical creatures. The image features intricate and elaborate scroll designs that include fancifully designed horses integrated into swirling patterns. In the center, two winged creatures appear emerging from the ornamental curves. Above them, a row of repeated sinuous and flowing forms resembling sea creatures adds to the mythical ambiance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.153

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 994, 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. 994, iii/vi.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 994, 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. 270.

Wikidata ID

Q65025679

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