The Medici Vase, Rome, from 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

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection