Death Carrying a Woman

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of a skeletal figure carrying limp forms. The drawing depicts a large skeletal figure carrying two draped and limp forms over its shoulders. The scene shows exaggeratedly elongated limbs and a sense of movement and struggle, with swirling lines of cloth and dynamic posture. The background includes architectural elements like buildings and trees depicted in a more subdued manner. The composition is framed in an oval shape, adding an organized boundary to the central action. The style is reminiscent of Baroque art, known for its dramatic lighting and movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1978.97.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 90, State iii/iii


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.90.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.90.

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: 135, no.4.

Wikidata ID

Q65577932

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