The Emperor Ferdinand II

1637

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image is an etching of a portrait depicting a man. The man is shown facing forward with a mustache and wavy hair. He wears regal clothing with fine patterns and a decorative collar. An ornate oval frame surrounds the portrait with swirls and lion figures. In the background are detailed scrollwork and decorative designs, along with Latin text inside and outside the frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.9 x 15.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 24 x 17.2 cm (9 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.14.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 33

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. 33.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 33.

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: no. I. 20.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: SDB; center in plate in oval: IMPER.SEMP. AVG. FERDINANDVS. II. ROMANOR. / IN NODVM GOTICO ...

Wikidata ID

Q74875988

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