Saint Prosper

possibly 1652

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts a battlefield with a fortified city in the distance, against a dramatic sky filled with celestial figures. The precise brushstrokes show soldiers and cavalry charging across the landscape towards the city, with an expansive army behind them. The monochromatic color palette highlights the detailed line work and contrasts between earthly and celestial elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.9 x 35.2 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.14.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 28, State i/ii

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. 28, i/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 28, i/ii.

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. 48*.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: SDBella.I.&.F.; lower left in plate: PRECATIO / Salua plebem presentem tibi commissam S. Prosper, ... ; OREMVS / Propitiare quesumus Domine, ...

Markings

Eagle?

Watermarks

Grapes

Wikidata ID

Q74875994

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