Hungarian Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image is an etching of a man on horseback, with his whole body visible. The man is sitting in a relaxed but upright posture, looking confidently to his left. He has a prominent mustache and beard, with wavy hair partially covered by a hat adorned with a large feather. He is dressed in a richly textured robe-like garment. One of his hands holds the reins of the horse, and the other rests casually. In the background, two other figures on horseback can be seen, both in the middle distance. The scenery behind them shows a vast landscape with cloudy skies, and the ground appears detailed with textured lines indicating movement or pathways. The overall composition suggests motion and grandeur in a moment captured on the plains.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1972.66.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 278


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.278.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.278.

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: 184, no.35.

Wikidata ID

Q65577806

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