Twenty Pages and Five Turkish Horses

1633

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

This drawing shows a group of mounted figures in formation. The procession includes figures on horseback, each wearing feathered headdresses. The horses display different gaits, creating a sense of movement. The figures are dressed in detailed clothing, possibly ceremonial or formal attire. The background is simple to emphasize the figures and horses. Thin, uniform lines are used throughout the composition. The drawing is labeled with an inscription at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.2684

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 46, 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. 46, iii/iii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 46, 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

Q65512120

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