Two Men in Masquerade Costumes: A Cannon Firing and a Cat Inside a Mousetrap
c. 1645
Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 14.3 × 14.2 cm (5 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
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Accession
2002.31.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
From an album of drawings by della Bella assembled in the early 19th century owned by the 1st Earl of Gainsborough; by descent to his daughter and her husband, the 9th Earl of Southesk, Master of Kinnaird; by descent until 1946; (Arcade Gallery, London; drawings sold individually); Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam (not in Lugt); (sale, Christie's New York, 25 January 2002, no. 11); purchased 2002 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1946
Stefano della Bella, Exhibition of 60 of His Drawings. Arcade Gallery, London, 1946, no. 40.
1976
De achtergrond belicht: Ontwerpen voor het theater 1580 - 1850, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, Toneelmuseum, Amsterdam, 1976, no. 97.
Bibliography
1989
Furhing, P. Design into Art: Drawings for Architecture and Ornament, the Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. London, 1989: no. 657.
Wikidata ID
Q64632731