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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.69.1
People
Stefano Della Bella, Italian (Florence, Italy 1610 - 1664 Florence, Italy)
Title
Cartouche with Two Fish Supported by a Triton and a Siren (left); Titlepage: Nouelles inuentions de Cartouches (right)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: New Inventions of Cartouches
Original Language Title: Nouvelles Inventions de Cartouches
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1647
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349719

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate (left): 12.5 x 9.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
plate (right):: 12.3 x 9.3 cm (4 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
sheet: 18.9 x 29.1 cm (7 7/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved on left plate, lower edge: S. Della Bella fecit cum Priuil Regis 2
  • inscription: engraved on right plate within the cartouche: Nouuelles inuentions de / Cartouches designes et graues / a leau forte par E. de la belle / florentin. / A PARIS / Chez Pierre Mariette / le fils, rue S. Jaques. / aux collones d'Hercules. / auec priuilege du Roy / 1647
  • inscription: lower edge of sheet, graphite, below respective plates: the DeVesme numbers and states
  • inscription: right side of sheet, graphite: the dealer's code IIXX with a stroke above the letters.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii and i/ii
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme-Massar 1016 and 1015

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.69.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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