Sultaness in a Veiled Turban, Seen from Behind

1649/1650

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image shows a bust-length profile of a person from the shoulder up to the head. The person is positioned in profile, facing to the right, with a slight downward tilt of the head. Their facial features include a prominent nose and plump lips with eyes gently closed or in a downward gaze. The hair is styled in an elaborate way with a large volume wrapped around the head and secured with a decorative band. Several long strands of hair fall down the back. The individual is wearing a draped garment with soft, flowing lines. A single earring dangles from the earlobe. The background is plain and minimal, with an oval border framing the subject.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 10 x 7.3 cm (3 15/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 10.8 x 8.3 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.72.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 190, 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. 190, ii/ii.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no. 190, 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. 52.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: SDBella .f; by later hand, lower center in graphite within plate mark: 47; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 172; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q75125413

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