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Frontispiece for 'The Fall of Longobardi' (La Caduta de' Longobardi), poems by Sigismond Boldoni; a laurel tree at center, two putti holding up the coat of arms of Christine of France, duchess of Savoy, to whom the poems are dedicated, two putti below holding up the banner with the title, placing wreaths of laurel onto the heads of Apollo at right and Mars at left — Stefano Della Bella

Stefano Della Bella

Frontispiece for 'The Fall of Longobardi' (La Caduta de' Longobardi), poems by Sigismond Boldoni; a laurel tree at center, two putti holding up the coat of arms of Christine of France, duchess of Savoy, to whom the poems are dedicated, two putti below holding up the banner with the title, placing wreaths of laurel onto the heads of Apollo at right and Mars at left

1656

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.5 x 7 cm)
Collection no.
2012.136.559
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Stefano Della Bella. Frontispiece for 'The Fall of Longobardi' (La Caduta de' Longobardi), poems by Sigismond Boldoni; a laurel tree at center, two putti holding up the coat of arms of Christine of France, duchess of Savoy, to whom the poems are dedicated, two putti below holding up the banner with the title, placing wreaths of laurel onto the heads of Apollo at right and Mars at left. Stefano Della Bella; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Frontispiece for 'The Fall of Longobardi' (La Caduta de' Longobardi), poems by Sigismond Boldoni; a laurel tree at center, two putti holding up the coat of arms of Christine of France, duchess of Savoy, to whom the poems are dedicated, two putti below holding up the banner with the title, placing wreaths of laurel onto the heads of Apollo at right and Mars at left — Stefano Della Bella. 1656.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.5 x 7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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