Fantastic Vases

probably 1646

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts several large decorative vases with intricate floral arrangements. The vases are designed in black and white, resembling etched prints. The first vase on the left has horse heads and a profusion of flowers. The second vase has ornate handles and is filled with roses. The central vase is larger with a face at its center and etched text on its surface. The vases on the right have elaborate bouquets and a coiled motif around a face with floral elements. The objects are displayed in a row at the bottom of the frame against a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.1 x 18.6 cm (3 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.2 x 18.7 cm (3 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.28.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1045, State i/iii

  • Series Title

    Raccolta di vasi diversi [Vesme 1045-1050]

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.1045.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1045.

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.256.

Inscriptions

center in plate: Raccolta / di Vasi di- / uersi di Stef- / de la Bella / Fiorentino.; lower left in plate: Stef. de la Bella inuent. fecit.; lower center in plate: 1; lower right in plate: F.L'Anglois al ias Ciartres excud. cum Priuil. Regis Christ.

Wikidata ID

Q74882469

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