Child Wearing a Mask

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a figure with a child-like body and an oversized adult head in a surreal style. The figure stands on a shaded ground with one arm bent upwards and the hand resting on the head, while the other arm is positioned in front of the face. The large head has deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, and a full beard, contrasting with the small body. The background has curved, horizontal lines for texture.

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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.97.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.97.

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: 171, no.5.

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Q74873300

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