Fantastic Vases

probably 1646

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a series of ornate vases with intricate detailing and decorative embellishments like floral motifs and human figures. The vases are drawn in black ink on a light-toned paper background. There are five objects aligned horizontally from left to right, with each vase differing slightly in height and detail. The central vase is the most prominent, featuring elaborate floral arrangements and figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.114

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1049, State i/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.1049.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1049

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: 110, no.260

Wikidata ID

Q65577936

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