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Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), ca. 1653
This is a Print. It was designed by Stefano della Bella. It is dated ca. 1653 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
					
			This object was 
					
			
				donated by
			
			Advisory Council.
					
									It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
						
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
 - etching on off-white laid paper.
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1921-6-151-1
 
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
 - etching on off-white laid paper.
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1921-6-151-2
 
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), ca. 1653
 - etching on off-white laid paper.
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1921-6-151-3
 
Our curators have highlighted 10 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Ornamental Candelabrum
 - etching on white laid paper, lined.
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1921-6-25
 
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
 - etching on paper.
 - Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
 - 1921-6-152-3
 
- Print, Owl among Sunflowers (Season's Greetings), 1958
 - lithograph in black ink on paper.
 - Gift of Raymond Baxter Dowden.
 - 1959-52-1
 
Its dimensions are
H x W: 16.4 × 6.7 cm (6 7/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Etched, lower left: SDBella
Cite this object as
Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament), ca. 1653; Designed by Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664); Italy; etching on laid paper; H x W: 16.4 × 6.7 cm (6 7/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-153-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.