Death Carrying a Child to the Left

probably 1648

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows two figures: a man running with a child on his back. The man has defined facial features and is wearing a headscarf. The child has curly hair and appears to be raising one hand. Both figures are dressed in long, flowing garments. In the background, there are buildings, spires, and other people engaged in various activities. The sky above is filled with thin clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1978.97.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 89, State iii/iii

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.89.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.89.

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: 135, no.3.

Wikidata ID

Q65577910

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