Black Groom with an Arabian Horse

1649/1650

Stefano Della Bella

Associated Names
Stefano Della Bella

Artist, Florentine, 1610 - 1664

The image depicts an etching of a person from the waist up, situated slightly to the right, with their head turned towards the viewer. The person's facial features are intricately detailed, with a strong gaze and a neutral expression. They wear a headwrap that partially covers their hair, with some strands visible at the front and sides. The individual is clad in a sleeveless garment and draped with a fur over their shoulders. An earring is visible on their left ear. The horse next to them is shown with a detailed bridle, embellished with feathers on its head. The background is a simple oval-shaped field that frames the subjects with no additional details.

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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: 10.8 x 8.2 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.72.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme/Massar 1971, no. 192, 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.192.

1971

  • De Vesme, Alexandre, Phyllis Dearborn Massar.Stefano Della Bella. New York, 1971: no.192.

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: 145, no.54.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in graphite within plate mark: 50; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 172; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 12

Wikidata ID

Q75125430

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