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Print, Plate, from 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.
Transitioning with ease between naturalism and fantasy, della Bella’s prints retain the spontenaity of a sketch. With light, sinuous strokes and loose crosshatching, he pioneered a new form of etching, more like drawing than the precise, technical execution of his peers. In these ornament designs, familiar creatures grow organically into inventive grotesques, as if in a game of free association.
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 off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-2
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-3
Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-153-1
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- cast iron, paint.
- Gift of Harry C. Sigman.
- 2013-21-6
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), ca. 1653
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-3
Its dimensions are
H x W: 16.5 × 6.4 cm (6 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Print, Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques); Designed by Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664); Italy; etching on off-white laid paper; H x W: 16.5 × 6.4 cm (6 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-152-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
