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Stefano Della Bella, designer

An Oval Fan Containing an Italian Rebus on the Subject of Love, 1600s

Description

Maker

  • Stefano Della Bella, 1610-1664, Italian, designer

Title

An Oval Fan Containing an Italian Rebus on the Subject of Love

Year

1600s

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

29.2 x 20.8 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription transcribed as: "Ove è Amore è fedeltà. -- Amor solicito è cieco e vede di lontano. -- Amore, tu sei la mia rovina."

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

1989.055.1

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 13

Storage
Read Online

Beauty in Hand

The Art of the Fan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Beauty in Hand

June 1 - August 18, 1990

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is An Oval Fan Containing an Italian Rebus on the Subject of Love with the accession number of 1989.055.1. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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