A Black Horseman

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts a person seated on a horse. The person is in a sitting position on the horse, with their torso turned slightly to the side and their head looking forward. The individual has short, curly hair and is wearing a headpiece or bandana-style covering. Their attire consists of a flowing garment with a cloth draped over one shoulder. The horse has a headpiece with feathers. The person holds a small, round object that resembles a musical instrument. In the background, there are two figures on horseback and a standing person wearing a fur-style garment near a fort-like structure. The background shows a cloudy sky and a partially visible landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1972.66.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 271

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); purchased by NGA, 1972.

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, 271.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 271.

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. IV. 28.

Wikidata ID

Q65577758

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