Title Page for "Plusieurs Testes Coiffées a la Persienne"

1650

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts a young person from the waist up, facing slightly to the right with one arm resting on a surface. They have soft facial features and curly hair, partially covered by a voluminous beret-style hat. The subject wears a robe-like garment with puffy sleeves, a bow at the neck, and multiple folds of fabric. They hold a piece of paper or scroll with visible text. The background is lightly sketched with decorative elements like round fruits and leaves. The etching is monochrome with intricate linework conveying texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 10 x 7.4 cm (3 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.6 x 8.2 cm (4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.72.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 181, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul McCarron, New York); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

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. 181, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 181, ii/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. III. 43.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Israel / Cu Pri.o Regis; lower left in plate: Plusieurs / Testes Coiffées a la / Persienne. faitte / Per. Ste. D. Bella; lower center in plate: 1650; by later hand, lower right in graphite within plate mark: 40; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 172; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 6

Wikidata ID

Q75125377

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