Four Emblems for the Funeral of Prince Francesco de Medici

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of four heraldic emblems. The image includes four different coats of arms or heraldic shields, each with unique symbols and mottos written on banners. One shield features a cherub's face with wings and the motto "IVVENTVS ET POPVLS VIGOR." Another shield includes a helmeted figure and knights' armors under a crowned helmet, with the banner "FIDVCIA FORTITVDO." A third shield depicts a tree being bent by the wind, with a skull at the top and the words "SIC SPES DESTIVIT." The fourth shield shows three pillars tied with a serpentine ribbon, topped with a skull and the motto "DVM ADIVC ORDINE." The image has a classic and formal tone reminiscent of medieval or renaissance heraldry practices.

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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

    1986.50.104

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 977, State , 976, 973, 972 (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: 977,976, 973, 972.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: nos.977,976, 973, 972.

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: 43, nos.17,16,13,12.

Wikidata ID

Q74873489

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