Pole Holding the Bridle of a Horse while Speaking with Two Other Men

Stefano Della Bella

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Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a partial view of the bodies of four individuals and a horse. The individuals are positioned mostly in profile or slightly turned away from the viewer. The closest person to the horse has discernible facial features, sporting a prominent nose and wearing a hat with feathers protruding from it. The person interacting with the horse appears to have a rounded belly. Another individual, positioned slightly further back, is seen from the back, wearing a cape and a hat with a feather. The fourth individual is partially obscured, with only their head and shoulders visible, featuring a cap and what appears to be facial hair. Clothing consists of cloaks and coats, typical of a historical style, and a sword is noticeable on one person's side. The background is plain, allowing focus on the sketched figures, and the horse is prominently featured, with a bridle visibly wrapped around its head.

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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. 289, (restrike).

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 289, (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. 41.

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Q74873324

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