Sultaness in a Banded Turban, Turned to the Right

1649/1650

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image is a portrait showing the head and shoulders of a person. The individual is depicted in a slight three-quarter view, looking to their left. Their facial features include a prominent nose and full lips, with eyes that gaze into the distance. The person has long, curly hair that cascades down their shoulders. They are wearing an elaborate headdress that resembles a turban, styled with ornamental bands and circular jewels, including a prominent jewel in the center above the forehead. The clothing visible appears to be a draped garment. There is a signature that reads “Bella” next to the person's shoulder. The background of the portrait is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 9.9 x 7.3 cm (3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 10.6 x 8.1 cm (4 3/16 x 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.72.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 188, 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. 188, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 188, 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. 50.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: SDBella; by later hand, lower center in graphite within plate mark: 45; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 172; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 4

Wikidata ID

Q75125408

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