Scena quinta d’Inferno [Fifth Scene of Hell], from Le Nozze degli Dei [The Marriage of the Gods], after Alfonso Parigi
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Stefano Della Bella
(Florence, Italy, 1610–1664)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Datecirca 1637
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 11 9/16 in. (21 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Jack S. Blanton Curatorial Endowment Fund, 2004.184
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2004.184
On View
Not on viewThis plate comes from a series of eight that illustrate scenes from Alfonso’s Parigi’s production of the melodrama, The Wedding of the Gods. The production was staged in celebration of Ferdinando II de’ Medici’s marriage to Vittoria della Rovere, princess of Urbino. Stefano della Bella had succeeded Callot as official printmaker to the Medici. As Alfonso Parigi maintained the style of productions by his father, Giulio, so Della Bella respected artistic conventions going back to Cantagallina.
Exhibitions
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1648
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1648
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1649-1651