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Etching of an ornate Medici Vase on a pedestal on a terrace, with cypress trees and an obelisk behind and a kneeling figure sketching at lower left.

The Medici Vase, plate one from The Six Large Views of Rome and the Campagna

An etching of a large marble urn on a pedestal, decorated with relief figures and scrollwork, set on a tiled terrace before tall cypresses and an obelisk. A kneeling draftsman in period dress sketches the vase at lower left, while a small figure walks in the distance.

Artist
Stefano della Bella
Date
1656
Medium
Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1892 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Español: El Vaso de Médici, Roma, de Seis Grandes Vistas de Roma y la Campiña

Un aguafuerte de una gran urna de mármol sobre un pedestal, decorada con figuras en relieve y volutas, colocada en una terraza de baldosas frente a altos cipreses y un obelisco. En la esquina inferior izquierda, un dibujante arrodillado con ropa de época boceta el vaso, mientras una pequeña figura camina a lo lejos.

Português: O Vaso Medici, Roma, das Seis Grandes Vistas de Roma e da Campanha

Uma gravura em água-forte de uma grande urna de mármore sobre um pedestal, decorada com figuras em relevo e volutas, posta em um terraço de ladrilhos diante de altos ciprestes e de um obelisco. No canto inferior esquerdo, um desenhista ajoelhado, em trajes de época, esboça o vaso, enquanto uma pequena figura caminha ao longe.

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