Title: 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
Date: 1656
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 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Drawing, term: Obelisks, term: Boys, term: Male Nudes, term: Vases