Stefano della Bella

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Stefano della Bella: Design for an Ewer. tree, sketch, drawing, wood, ancient history, illustration
 
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Artist/Maker(s): Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610 - 1664)
Culture: Italian
Date: about 1629
Medium: Pen and ink and blue wash
Dimensions: 35.9 x 25.7 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Markings: Watermark of a stylized swan below an arrow and above N”.
Inscriptions: Inscribed at the bottom edge: “I due canali da empire il bicchiero che sono segnati A, e B. denotano che da uno di essi si deve mettere il vino bianco/dall'altro il rosso, et cosi uno che sarà il rosso empirà l'Aquile et i serpenti, et l'altro empirà il resto di vino/bianco” (“The two tubes to fill the glass with are marked A, and B. and show that white wine should be poured into one/and red wine into the other, so that the red will fill the eagles and snakes, and the other will fill the rest with white wine”). “A” and “B” on top of the ewer.
SKU: 201002
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