Polish Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a person riding a horse in a dynamic position. The horse's front leg is raised. The person is seated upright on the horse, facing slightly to the right. Their facial features are detailed, with a distinct profile and short, curly hair. They wear a hat with a feather, a long coat, and boots. The person holds a bow with a quiver of arrows on their back. Other human figures and horses are in the background, suggesting travel. The scene is framed within a circular boundary, with a large, round stone tower in the left background. The sky is lightly clouded, typical of an etching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1972.66.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 275

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, no. 275.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 275.

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. 32.

Wikidata ID

Q65577801

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