Obsequies of Francesco de'Medici, after Giulio Parigi
Primary
Stefano Della Bella
(Florence, Italy, 1610–1664)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1634
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 11 13/16 × 8 9/16 in. (30 × 21.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1370
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1370
On View
Not on viewThis print was occasioned by the death in 1634 of Francesco II de’ Medici, sixth son of Cosimo II. It records Parigi’s decoration of the interior of the family church of San Lorenzo with the catafalque in the middle of the nave and the Medici coat-of-arms above. The etching appeared in a book describing the obsequies of Francesco and again in 1637 in a volume celebrating famous Medici funerals.
Exhibitions
![Selva di Diana (seconda scaena) [The Meadow of Diana (second scene)], from Le Nozze degli Dei [The Marriage of the Gods], after Alfonso Parigi](/internal/media/dispatcher/19252/thumbnail)
![Scena grotta di Vulcano [The Cave of Vulcan], from Le Nozze degli Dei [The Marriage of the Gods], after Alfonso Parigi](/internal/media/dispatcher/19253/thumbnail)
![Scena quinta d’Inferno [Fifth Scene of Hell], from Le Nozze degli Dei [The Marriage of the Gods], after Alfonso Parigi](/internal/media/dispatcher/19199/thumbnail)
![Death Carrying Off an Old Man to the Grave, from Les cinq Morts [The Five Deaths]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18712/thumbnail)
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1648
![Bust of a Woman with a Persian Headdress, from Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la Persienne [Several Heads Stylied in a Persian Manner]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18713/thumbnail)
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1649-1651
![Two Women with Children Conversing, from Diverse figure et paesi [Various figures and Landscapes]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18714/thumbnail)
![Landscape with violin player, two women and a child, from Diverse figure et paesi [Various figures and landscapes]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18715/thumbnail)
![Two Eagles, plate 2 from Les Aigles [Eagles]](/internal/media/dispatcher/18721/thumbnail)
![Three Camels, from Têtes de different animaux [Heads of various animals]](/internal/media/dispatcher/12029/thumbnail)
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1641