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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.69.5
People
Stefano Della Bella, Italian (Florence, Italy 1610 - 1664 Florence, Italy)
Title
Cartouche, Its Field Formed by Drapery over an Ionic Monument Held by Two Skeletons Lying on the Entablature (left); Cartouche, Its Field Formed by a Shroud Hanging from a Cypress Tree Flanked by Skeletons (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/349896

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate (left): 12.4 x 9.1 cm (4 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
plate (right): 12.5 x 9.4 cm (4 15/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
sheet: 18.8 x 29.4 cm (7 3/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved, left plate, lower edge: S. Della Bella fecit cum Priuil Regis 10
  • inscription: engraved, right plate, lower edge: S. Della Bella fecit cum Priuil Regis 9

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme-Massar 1024 and 1023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.69.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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