Landscape with Deer Hunt

in or before 1647

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated vantage point. The horizon, featuring distant hills, occupies the upper quarter of the image. The terrain is subtly suggested with light line work. The artwork showcases delicate, intricate etching with flowing lines creating texture and movement in trees and vegetation. The monochromatic color palette consists of black ink on an off-white background. The foreground shows a figure with a dog, with horse riders in the distance accompanied by dogs. The background fades into soft marks suggesting distant trees and hills.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1973.34.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 761, State ii/ii


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.761.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.761.

Wikidata ID

Q65577835

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