Thirty-Six Jugglers Standing in Pyramids

1652

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of six acrobatic formations. The drawing depicts six groups arranged in two vertical columns, showing human figures creatively stacked in pyramidal shapes. Each group is performing a balancing act, with each figure holding a flaming torch aloft. The sketch is detailed, with careful attention to the positioning and gestures of the figures, capturing a sense of dynamic energy and motion. The lines are fine and softly textured, contributing to an overall delicate yet lively composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.7 x 23.6 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 x 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.62.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 63, State ii/ii

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. 63, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 63, ii/ii.

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: undescribed.

Wikidata ID

Q74877283

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