Two Ornamental Bands with Cupid and Heads of the Four Seasons

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image contains sweeping lines and elegant shapes creating movement. Abstract decorations resembling foliage or floral patterns are present, with human faces intertwined in the design like relief sculptures. Tendrils resembling hair or vines frame the faces. In the top center, a small cherubic figure is nestled among the forms. The overall composition evokes Baroque ornamental design, conveying elegance and grandeur.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.5.159

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1000, 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. 1000, iii/vi.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 1000, 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. 276.

Wikidata ID

Q65025685

You may be interested in

Loading Results