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Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
This is a Print. It was designed by Stefano della Bella. It is dated ca. 1653 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-2
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-3
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-153-1
Our curators have highlighted 12 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Project for the Decoration of an Oblong Panel
- pencil, pen and ink, white chalk on brown paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1287
- Print, Leaf from an ornament suite of arabesques
- black ink on paper.
- 1944-36-16-2
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-3
Its dimensions are
H x W: 16.7 × 6.7 cm (6 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Signed, in print, bottom left: Stef
It is inscribed
Ornament o Grottesche / di Stef. Della Bella
Cite this object as
Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques); Designed by Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664); Italy; etching on off-white laid paper; H x W: 16.7 × 6.7 cm (6 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-151-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
