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Recueil de douze cartouches

Print
ca.1645 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a cartouche surmounted by a ram's skull and draped with grapes and other fruit.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRecueil de douze cartouches (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper; second state
Brief description
Stefano della Bella (after), from a suite of 12 plates entitled 'Recueil de douze cartouches'. French, ca.1645.
Physical description
Design for a cartouche surmounted by a ram's skull and draped with grapes and other fruit.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.9 cm
  • Cut to width: 16.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
SDB Inuentor F. Collignon fecit - P. Mariette excudit Cum Priuil. Regis (SDB is in monogram form; plate is numbered 6 to centre.)
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, p171, no.1150.
Collection
Accession number
13679:5

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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