Studies van dieren en halfwezens, anonymous, after Stefano della Bella, c. 1765 - c. 1780

Title(s)

Studies van dieren en halfwezens

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-2013-42(V)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 3773

Description

De studies zijn gevolgd naar motieven uit een prentreeks van Stefano della Bella uit omstreeks 1640-1650: Frises, feuillages et grotesques (Alexandre de Vesme en Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella, 1971, nrs. 979-985).

Artist

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

Place

Italy

Dating

c. 1765 - c. 1780

Material

• paper
• graphite (mineral)
• ink
• watercolor (paint)

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 244 mm × width 399 mm

What

• ornament derived from animal forms
• dog
• monsters ~ fishes
• monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)
• sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Decorative Art Fund/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 2013

Copyright

Public domain

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