Escutcheon with Eagles and Serpents ; Two Different Halves of Cartouches Each Showing an Eagle Fighting a Serpent, plate 14 from Raccolta de varii capriccii (Collection of Various Caprices)

Stefano Della Bella, Italian, 1610 - 1664

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about 1646

Engraving on laid paper

Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (11.4 × 19.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.964.153

Publisher

François Langlois, il Ciartres, Paris

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in plate, upper right: 14; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Stef. Della Bella in. fecit.; inscribed, in plate, lower right: F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Priuil. Regis Chris.; Collector's mark, stamped, in red, lower left: GARD [unidentified; Lugt 431b and Lugt 1065b]

Course History

History 42.01, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 22.01, Gender & European Society, Patrick Meehan, Spring 2024

History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024

Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Noemi Perego, Spring 2024

Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024

Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024

Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Tania Convertini, Spring 2024

Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Spring 2024

Exhibition History

Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.

Provenance

Dr. David James, Miami, Florida; sold to present collection, 1964.

Catalogue Raisonne

De Vesme (1971): 1040

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