Woman in a Feathered Turban, Turned to the Right

1649/1650

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a person in profile facing to the right. They are depicted from the shoulders up, with their body turned to display their left side. The person has distinct facial features such as a prominent nose, full lips, and expressive eyes looking upwards. Their hair is styled in curls with a headdress embellished with feathers and a tassel. The individual is wearing a draped garment secured with a brooch, along with earrings. The background is plain with a light texture and enclosed in an oval border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 9.9 x 7.4 cm (3 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.6 x 8.2 cm (4 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.72.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 182, 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. 182, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 182, 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. 44.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: SDBella; by later hand, lower right in graphite within plate mark: 41; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 172; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 7

Wikidata ID

Q75125392

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