Landscape with Ruins

in or before 1647

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows an etching of a landscape with an elevated viewpoint. The horizon line is high in the composition, depicting rolling hills extending into the distance. Faint outlines of structures or trees are visible on the horizon. The etching utilizes fine lines and cross-hatching for texture and contrast, notably in the trees, sky, and terrain. The color scheme is monochromatic with black and white shades. Near the forefront, there are figures walking, potentially shepherds with a herd of cattle or sheep. To the right, behind trees, is an old building, possibly in ruins, with archways.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1973.34.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 760, State ii/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.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 760, ii/ii.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65577833

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