Stefano Della Bella
The Medici Vase

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Artist Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)Italian, 1610–1664

CultureItalian

Titles

The Medici Vase
Il Vaso dei Medici

Date1656

PlaceItaly

MediumEtching

Dimensions309 × 273 mm
Plate or block: 12 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (30.8 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 13 3/4 × 11 1/4in. (34.9 × 28.6cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2001.1

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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PRINTS

Provenance[Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, and Carolyn Bullard, Dallas]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Illegible pencil marks on verso lower left.
Inscription below image: ROMAE IN HORTIS MEDICAEIS, VAS MARMOREVM EXIMIVM SDBella MDCLVI

Printed center below the image:
"ROMAE IN HORTIS MEDICAEIS VAS MARMOREVM EXIMIVM"
Printed lower right below the image:
"S Bella. MDCLVI"
Watermark: BC with a heart

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