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Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image is an engraving depicting a scene with a slightly elevated point of view. In the foreground, there is a reclining cow, a shepherd, sheep, and a man holding a staff. To the right, a large, ornate fountain structure is visible. In the background, people, horses, and animals gather near the water's edge. The horizon shows classical buildings and a cityscape, with the sky filled with scattered clouds depicted through hatchings. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black, white, and gray with delicate tonal contrasts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Sara L. Lepman

  • Accession Number

    1981.59.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 820, State ii/vi


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.820.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.820.

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: 105, no.240.

Wikidata ID

Q74037406

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