Stefano della Bella|Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

The Medici vase, a large vase to right decorated with a representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, on a garden terrace, a teenage boy seated to left with a pen and paper with a drawing of the vase, cyprus trees and an obelisk to left in the background, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (Six grandes vues, dont quatre de Rome et deux de la Campagne romaine)

1656
Etching; second state of two
28.6 × 27 cm (11.3 × 10.6 in)

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