Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1653
name: label: Designer
content: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At top, the title "Ornament o Grottesche / di Stef. Della Bella." These words appear in the top of three circles formed by long leaves that sprout from the bodies of creatures at the bottom of the etching. Two eagles with spread wings perch in the other two circles.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-151-1
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16.7 × 6.7 cm (6 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)