Two Peasants Traveling in a Landscape

1656

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows two figures on a dirt path: one walking with a bundle on their back, and the other riding a donkey. The horizon is low with rolling hills, a few buildings, and trees on the left. The scene has ruins or aged buildings. The etching features detailed linework defining the figures, textures, and scenery, creating depth and perspective. The color palette is monochrome in black and white, emphasizing the intricate linework.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bert Freidus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.1 x 12.9 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.63.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 744, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(André Candillier, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906, no. 744, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 744, ii/ii.

2001

  • Talbierska, Jolanta.AKWAFORTY ZE ZBIOROW GABINETU RYCIN BIBLIOTEKI UNIWERSYTECKIEJ W WARSZAWIE / Etchings from the Collection of the Print Room of the Warsaw University Library. Warsaw, 2001: no. III. 116.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Stef. Della Bella fecit. 1656.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: de V.-M. 744/II

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75420899

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