Two Children Embracing [upper half]; Seated Ecclesiast [lower half]

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image contains two sketches. In the top sketch, there are two figures embracing. The figure on the left is partially shown from the shoulders up, leaning in towards the other figure. Both figures have wavy hair and softly drawn faces. In the bottom sketch, a seated figure is shown from the side, facing right. The person appears to be wearing a long, flowing garment. Their head is turned slightly to the right and seems to have short hair. The background is plain, with simple lines suggesting a setting. The sketches are positioned separately on a blank canvas, aligned vertically in the center.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    two etchings on one sheet of laid paper [restrikes]

  • Credit Line

    Transferred from The Library of Congress

  • Accession Number

    1986.50.97

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 94, 482 (restrikes)

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, nos. 94, 482 (restrikes).

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: nos. 94, 482 (restrikes).

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: nos. IV. 10, IV. 15.

Wikidata ID

Q74873433

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