Young Moor in a Feathered Turban, Turned to the Left

1649/1650

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts a person's upper body in profile, facing left. They have distinct facial features with a notable nose, brow, and closed lips. The individual wears a turban with a feather on the right side, partially covering their dark hair. They are dressed in a high-collared garment with detailed lines and button-like embellishments down the front. The background is plain with a slight outline or oval shape, containing no additional elements or context.

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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 8.1 cm (4 3/16 x 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.72.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 183, 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. 183, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 183, 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: III. 45.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in graphite within plate mark: 42; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 172; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 8

Wikidata ID

Q75125395

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