Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
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: A thick plant stem with large leaves is the main motif of the etching. Two winged sphinxes with long hair grip the stem, one above the other. The hind leg of a third is visible at top. The floating head of a child is present near the top.
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: 1921-6-151-3
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: 16.8 × 6.6 cm (6 5/8 × 2 5/8 in.)