Boats on the Seashore

in or before 1647

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts a coastal scene with a low horizon and a vast sky. A castle or fortress is seen on a rocky hill in the background. The style of the brushstrokes is fine and detailed, resembling an etching. The color palette is monochromatic in black and white. Trees, vegetation, ships with tall masts, and figures are discernible in the scene, with small animals moving along a path towards the hill and castle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1973.34.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 763, 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.763.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.763.

Wikidata ID

Q65577839

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