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Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This is a drawing of a group of mounted figures in elaborate attire. The drawing depicts a procession of mounted riders, each on horseback, dressed in ornate clothing with plumes and embellishments. The composition of the image shows the riders closely clustered, with various poses suggesting motion and energy among the group. The horses, depicted from behind and in profile, are adorned with decorative accoutrements. The overall arrangement and fine detailing of the etching emphasize the pomp and ceremony of the cavalcade.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.2683

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 45, 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. 45, iii/iii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 45, iii/iii.

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. I. 9.

Wikidata ID

Q65512119

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