Zeemonsters, anonymous, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664

Title(s)

Zeemonsters

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-34.689

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Twee zeemonsters. Links een wezen half paard half vis. Rechts een wezen half stier half vis.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after print by: Stefano della Bella

Dating

1620 - 1664

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 24 mm × width 120 mm

What

• sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Stefano della Bella : catalogue raisonné, p. 102, cat.nr. 467
• Essai d'un catalogue de l'oeuvre d'Etienne de la Belle, peintre et graveur florentin, p. 127, cat.nr. 123-9