Frises, feuillages et grotesques
Print
ca.1645 (published)
ca.1645 (published)
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Phyllis Dearborn Massar notes that unusually for della Bella’s ornament prints, this suite appears to have been inspired by a commercially successful set of cartouche designs after Agostino Mitelli. Nevertheless, della Bella enriches Mitelli’s prototypes with his own imaginative embellishments. A related drawing is held in the Louvre, no. 370.
Object details
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| Title | Frises, feuillages et grotesques (Suite title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching on paper |
| Brief description | Stefano della Bella, from a suite of 8 plates, including title plate, entitled 'Frises, feuillages et grotesques'. French, ca.1645. |
| Physical description | Fragment from the lower level of a double-layered design for a frieze, with sketches of grotesque heads in the margin below. |
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| Summary | Phyllis Dearborn Massar notes that unusually for della Bella’s ornament prints, this suite appears to have been inspired by a commercially successful set of cartouche designs after Agostino Mitelli. Nevertheless, della Bella enriches Mitelli’s prototypes with his own imaginative embellishments. A related drawing is held in the Louvre, no. 370. |
| Bibliographic reference | see for full bibliographic references
de Vesme, Alexandre, and Massar, Phyllis Dearborn. Stefano della Bella: catalogue raisonné. (Vol. I.) New York, Collectors Editions, 1971, p.153 no. 980. |
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| Accession number | 22763:9 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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