Death with an Old Man

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of an allegorical scene depicting time and mortality with a skeletal figure holding an hourglass. The setting is a barren and desolate landscape. The texture of the draped fabric on the figure exhibits intricate detail. Above, swirling forms of lines and shadows are present. The skeletal figure's pose shows it gazing intently at the hourglass.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1978.97.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 91, State iv/iv

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.91.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.91.

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.5.

Wikidata ID

Q65577934

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