A Black Man Feeding a Horse

probably 1662

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows two men and two horses in a sketch. The larger man in the foreground is visible from head to waist, facing slightly away from the viewer, gazing toward the right side of the image. His facial features appear detailed yet undefined due to the sketch style, and his hair is covered by a wrapped turban. He wears a garment with fur or heavy fabric draped over one shoulder, alongside a clothing piece gathered and secured at the waist. He is accompanied by a horse with detailed eyes and an elaborate headdress featuring plumes and decorative chain-like elements. In the background, a smaller figure on horseback is positioned to the right, gesturing with one hand and wearing similarly styled clothing. The background is minimal, primarily consisting of a textured, stippled area.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1973.34.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 283, State only


Artwork history & notes

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, 283, only.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 283, only.

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. IV. 38, only.

Wikidata ID

Q65577811

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