Diversi Animali Title Plate: Pack Horse (Titre. Un Mulet), 1641

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series Title

Diversi Animali (Various Animals) [title plate]

Medium

etching on laid paper mounted on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 8.7 × 10.9 cm (3 7/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

sheet: 9.2 × 11.5 cm (3 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Vincent and Linda Buonanno

Catalogue Raisonné

De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 690, State ii/iii

Accession Number

2013.104.1.1

Artists / Makers

Stefano Della Bella (artist) Florentine, 1610 - 1664

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Inscription

In plate, center: DIVERSI / ANIMALI / FATTI / De Stef.no Della Bella; in plate, across bottom: A Paris chez Pierre Mariette, rue S Jacques a l'Esperance, Avec privi. du Roy; by unknown hand, upper right, in ink: [6?] (cropped)

Provenance

(Maggs Bros., 1990); Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston; (Christie's, New York, Sale Thursday 20, June, 2013, Lot 384); Vincent and Linda Buonanno, Chicago; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.
Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.
Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.