Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust of a sphinx at bottom, an oval composition
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Stefano della Bella
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1639
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29.1 × 20.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951, by exchange
Accession year: 1968
Tags: Obelisks|Hands|Cupid|Sphinx|Sun