Child Carrying a Puppy

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image features a child walking, with one foot forward. The child has long, flowing hair and a round face with a focused expression. They wear loose clothing and hold a large object and a small animal over their shoulder. A dog is lying in the foreground, looking up at the child. In the background, there are architectural elements resembling a castle with adults and another child nearby. The image has detailed line work, possibly an etching or sketch.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Pamela B. Ohrstrom

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.6 x 13.7 cm (5 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 15.1 x 14.3 cm (5 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.148.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 99, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pamela B. Ohrstrom, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

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.99.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.99.

1996

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. Milano, 1996: no.99.

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: 175, no.13.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: SDBella

Wikidata ID

Q76358440

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