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Eight Vases: a Large Vase in the Centre Decorated with Two Skulls Crowned with Laurel: P.1637-1991

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Titles

Eight Vases: a Large Vase in the Centre Decorated with Two Skulls Crowned with Laurel
Raccolta di Vasi Diversi

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Della Bella, Stefano
Publisher: Mariette, Pierre I

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1645 - 1658

Note

II/III.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 84 mm Width 204 mm
Sheet Height 91 mm Width 209 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Stef. de la Bella invent fecit.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 6
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Mariette exc. cum Priuil. Regis Christ.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1637-1991
Primary reference Number: 83040
Vesme/Massar: 1050 II/III

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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