Polish Attendant Holding the Bridle of a Horse

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows two sections featuring interactions between people and horses. In the right section, a person is depicted from behind, wearing a turban and a long coat, holding the head of a horse facing them. The horse's head is adorned with a decorative ribbon and bridle. In the left section, another person is shown sitting upright on a horse, facing to the left. Both individuals are dressed in coats and turbans, with the horse standing still beneath them. The drawing is done in an etching style with cross-hatching and fine lines, focusing on the figures and horses without a detailed background.

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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. 284, (restrike).

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 284, (restrike).

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: no. IV. 39.

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Q74873318

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