Fantastic Vases

probably 1646

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows several intricately designed vases arranged in a line, each filled with different types of floral arrangements. The color palette is monochrome, consisting solely of black and white etching lines. There are two large vases on each end and three smaller vases, including a central one with a sculpted figure, placed between them. Each vase displays ornate details and intricate decoration, with flowers extending upwards from their openings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.4 x 20.3 cm (3 5/16 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 8.7 x 20.5 cm (3 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.28.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 1048, 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.1048.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.1048

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.259.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Stef.de la Bella inuet. fecit; lower center in plate: 4; lower right in plate: F.L'Anglois alias Ciartres exc.cum Priuil.Regis Christ

Wikidata ID

Q74882553

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