Fantastic Vases

probably 1646

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image displays a variety of ornately designed vases and large planters, each containing dense arrangements of flowers and plant life, set against a plain background. The color palette is monochromatic, featuring shades of black and white. The largest container, located in the middle of the composition, features figures around its base and is surrounded by other decorative vases with intricate detailing and floral arrangements on either side. To the right, a vase adorned with ram’s heads is present, and to the left, a vase depicting a mythological scene is evident.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.3 x 20.3 cm (3 1/4 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 8.6 x 20.4 cm (3 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.28.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1046, 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.1046.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1046.

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.257.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Stef. de la Bella inuent fecit.; lower center in plate: 2.; lower right in plate: F.L'Anglois alias Ciatres exc. cum Priuil. Regis Christ.

Wikidata ID

Q74882471

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