Pole Holding a Hatchet with His Left Hand

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts two full-length figures from behind. The larger figure stands with a relaxed posture, holding an object in his left hand. This figure has a beard and is wearing a headpiece with a long feather or ribbon extending from the back. Their clothing is a long, flowing garment reaching down to the ankles with voluminous sleeves and a cape draping from the shoulders. A sword or scabbard is visible on the left side, hanging from a belt. The smaller figure stands a short distance away, looking up at the larger person, dressed in a similarly styled tunic with striped sleeves and headwear. The background is a plain, lightly shaded space with minimal detail, including a small drawing of two distant figures on horseback.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [restrike]

  • Credit Line

    Transferred from The Library of Congress

  • Accession Number

    1986.50.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 281, State (restrike)

  • Series 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. 281, (restrike).

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 281, (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. III. 40.

Wikidata ID

Q74873381

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