Doe in a Marsh Attacked by Two Dogs

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image is an etching of a hunting scene. A hunter on a galloping horse is prominent on the left, dressed in fur and holding a spear. In the center, two hunting dogs are confronting a boar. The landscape includes grassy fields, distant mountains, and trees. The etching is detailed with precise lines and a monochromatic sepia color palette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [restrike]

  • Credit Line

    Transferred from The Library of Congress

  • Accession Number

    1986.50.60

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 740, State (restrike)

  • Series Title

    Hunting Scenes

  • Volume Title

    Quadreria Medicea, vol.3 [1986.50.11-108]

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.740.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.740.

1996

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. Milano, 1996: no.740.

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: 157, no.98.

Wikidata ID

Q74074284

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