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The Rock of Aeolus

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
1652

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 32 x 23.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 31.7 x 22.7 cm (12 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line George Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession Number62.472
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0053, only state
DescriptionAn artificial mountain that was part of a festival given in Modena in 1652
Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceCraddock & Barnard, London; from whom purchased May 9, 1962