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Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
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 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.
- 1921-6-151-1
- 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, Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-1
Our curators have highlighted 9 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.
- 1921-6-153-4
- Print, Frieze with Bear Hunt
- engraving on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1944-67-2
- Drawing, Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to...
- pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash over graphite on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-3328
Its dimensions are
H x W: 16.8 × 6.6 cm (6 5/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Initials etched, bottom right: SDB
Cite this object as
Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament); Designed by Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664); Italy; etching on paper; H x W: 16.8 × 6.6 cm (6 5/8 × 2 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-152-3
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
