Sesta Scena di Tutto Cielo

1637

Stefano Della Bella after Alfonso Parigi II

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

Alfonso Parigi II

Artist After, Florentine, 1606 - 1656

This is a drawing of a theatrical stage with a curtain and multiple figures depicted in the clouds. The image shows a fantastical scene set in an ethereal environment, with many small figures engaged in various activities within a layered landscape. The curtain frames the top of the drawing, suggesting a theatrical performance, while the clouds serve as platforms for groups of figures. Some figures appear to be engaged in dance or poses. The higher layers are populated by crowds, adding to the sense of scale and depth. The title at the bottom reads "Sesta Scena di Tutto Cielo."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.5 x 28.5 cm (8 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 924, State only

  • Series Title

    Le Nozze degli dei [De Vesme 918-925]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 26.

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. 924, only.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 924, only.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 26.

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. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Alfo.us Parigius Inu. / SDB Deli e F.; lower center in plate: SESTA SCENA DI TVTTO CIELO

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75122117

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