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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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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(72-89)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Tabulae Anatomicae, Barth. Eustachius Italian
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Design for the Corner of a Decorated Ceiling, Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli Italian, Pen and brown ink, black and red chalk
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