Death on Horseback

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of a skeletal figure riding a horse while holding a trumpet. The figure is mounted on a rearing horse, draped in flowing fabric that billows in response to the motion. In one hand, the figure brandishes a large trumpet. The background features distant landscapes and other figures reacting to the central figure's presence. The drawing style conveys a sense of motion and energy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1978.97.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 87, State iii/iii

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: no.87.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.87.

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: 134, no.1.

Wikidata ID

Q65577906

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