The Medici Vase

Prints and Drawings

n.d.

Unknown Artist
Active 17th or 18th century

This ancient marble vase—depicted by an unknown artist working in Italy—was owned by the Medici family and became a popular work for draftsmen to copy. Stefano della Bella made a famous etching after the same piece (1972.776).

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Unknown artist
Title: The Medici Vase
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1600–1799
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Primary suppport: 34.2 × 26.6 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 39 × 30.7 cm (15 3/8 × 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1993.248.941
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