Fantastic Vases

probably 1646

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows an arrangement of six ornately designed vases and urns. The objects display intricate detailing, which includes depictions of human figures and decorative elements. One vase has a skull fixture. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black and white. From left to right, there is a vase with serpent-shaped handles, a larger urn with human figure reliefs and a tall, domed lid, a medium-sized covered vase, a tall, intricate urn with foliage and a central skull with a garland, a narrower urn with flowing designs, and a smaller vase with a sculpted laughing face on the far right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1050, 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.1050.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1050

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.261.

Wikidata ID

Q65577937

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