The Medici vase, a large vase to right decorated with a representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, on a garden terrace, a teenage boy seated to left with a pen and paper with a drawing of the vase, cyprus trees and an obelisk to left in the background, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (Six grandes vues, dont quatre de Rome et deux de la Campagne romaine)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Six large views, four of Rome and two of the Roman countryside' (Six grandes vues, dont quatre de Rome et deux de la Campagne romaine)
Artist: Stefano della Bella|Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence|Italian, Florence 1642–1723 Florence
Artist role: Artist|Sitter
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1656
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 11 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (28.6 × 27 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Drawing|Obelisks|Boys|Male Nudes|Vases