Series of Cartouche Designs

Artist and engraver Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian

Publisher Formerly published by Agostino Parisini Italian

1646–99

Not on view

These prints are part of a series of 24 cartouches and wall decorations by Agostino Mitelli, first published by Agostino Parisini in Bologna in 1636. The title page indicates that they stem from a later edition, published by Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi in Rome. The prints are pasted into an album with other designs by Mitelli and his contemporaries. While the full series is present in the album, they are not pasted in on consecutive pages.

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Title: Series of Cartouche Designs
Artist and engraver: Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli (Italian, Battidizzo (Bologna) 1609–1660 Madrid)
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
Publisher: Formerly published by Agostino Parisini (Italian, active Bologna, early 17th century)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1646–99
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 16 1/4 × 10 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (41.2 × 27.5 × 3.2 cm)
Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.62.8(91-93)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Album of prints entitled "Architettura del Mitelli"

Multiple artists/makers

1600–1699

Disegni, et Abbozzi di Agostino Mitelli, Intagliati Dal Figluolo di Lui Gioseppe Maria Mitelli

Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli

before 1664

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and a Lion, Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian, Leadpoint — Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and a Lion
Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli
mid-17th century

Design for Three Consoles Decorated with Foliage and Volutes and a Console with a Satyr Head Surmounted by Three Human Figures, Garland and Foliage, Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian, Pen and brown ink over some traces of leadpoint — Design for Three Consoles Decorated with Foliage and Volutes and a Console with a Satyr Head Surmounted by Three Human Figures, Garland and Foliage
Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli
1609–60

Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns, Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian, Leadpoint — Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns
Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli
1609–60

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