Four Emblems for the Funeral of Prince Francesco de Medici

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts four coats of arms. Each emblem occupies one of the four quadrants, featuring intricate scrollwork and banners with text. The upper left emblem shows a landscape with a dome-like structure and the inscription "LABORE TRANQUILLITAS POSTVM." The upper right emblem shows a figure standing on a platform with the banner "CANTET TIBI GLORIA." The lower left emblem presents a central plant or floral design with the words "DIGNAV VAANMINIS." The lower right emblem displays a ship on water under a skull and crossbones motif with the text "PACE TAMEN MELIORE, MET." Each emblem is detailed with precise line work in traditional heraldic art style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4 etchings on one sheet of laid paper [restrikes]

  • Credit Line

    Transferred from The Library of Congress

  • Accession Number

    1986.50.103

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 971, State , 975, 974, 978 (restrikes)

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: nos. 971, 975, 974, 978.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: nos.971, 975, 974, 978.

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: 41, nos.11,14,15,18.

Wikidata ID

Q74873486

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