![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/preview)
![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/full)
Scena grotta di Vulcano [The Cave of Vulcan], 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
Date1637
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 7 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (20.2 × 28.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1394
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1394
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
![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)
![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)
![Frieze with putti, grape-vine garland and jumping leopards, plate 16 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments with Friezes and Foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19264/thumbnail)
![Acanthus frieze with putti, lion, eagle, and Triton, plate 15 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments with Friezes and Foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19265/thumbnail)
![Frieze ofGrapevines with Putti, Satyrs and Lions, plate 11 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments with Friezes and Foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19262/thumbnail)
![Acanthus frieze with putti and dogs, plate 12 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments with Friezes and Foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19263/thumbnail)
![Three Friezes: Two Hounds Attacking a Hare; Two Hounds with a Boars Head; a Boar Hunt, plate 9 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments with Friezes and Foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19261/thumbnail)
![Frieze of Acanthus with Cupid and Psyche flanked by amorini embracing female figures, plate 7 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments of friezes and leaves]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19267/thumbnail)
![Frieze with tritons and dolphins, plate 13 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments with Friezes and Foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/17158/thumbnail)
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1648
![Frieze with eagles and helmets, plate 6 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami [Ornaments of friezes and foliage]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19266/thumbnail)
Stefano Della Bella
circa 1648
![Guards at the entrance to a fortress, plate 2 from Dessins de quelques conduites di troupes [Drawings of Troop Conduct]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19193/thumbnail)