Mythological Playing Cards

1644

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This drawing shows a series of ten narrative scenes. Each scene features multiple figures engaged in various activities. The top row includes solo and paired compositions in landscapes with nature elements. The second row shows more dynamic poses, with figures gesturing broadly. The bottom row continues with dynamic interactions, including draped garments, expressive gestures, and animals. The overall presentation is etched with fine lines and shading techniques typical of detailed narrative illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.9 × 23 cm (10 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 24 cm (11 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1968.24.107

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 494, State -495, 500, 502, 506-8, 520-21, *

  • Series Title

    Jeu des Mythologie (Fables) [Vesme 489-541]

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, 494, -495, 500, 502, 506-8, 520-21, *.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: nos. 494, -495, 500, 502, 506-8, 520-21, *.

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: undescribed.

Watermarks

fragment

Wikidata ID

Q65512129

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