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Stefano Della Bella

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Man Wearing a Fantastic Headdress, Facing to the Left

c. 1657

Ink and wash drawing of a skeleton in a helmet riding a rearing horse, raising a banner against a pale sky.

Death on a Horse, study for the etching in the "Five Deaths" series

1648

Pen and ink sketch of a standing soldier seen from behind, with a plumed hat, ruffled sleeves and a sword.

Study of a Standing Soldier

Pen and wash drawing of a young man tumbling through an oval field, pursued by a looming skeletal figure.

A Young Man Pursued by Death

Pen and ink drawing of a standing soldier with a plumed hat and walking stick, with boats and birds in the background.

A Standing Soldier

1610-64

Pen and grey wash drawing of a monstrance design with two kneeling angels, a flower wreath, and cherub heads.

Design for a Monstrance

1610-64

Pen and ink drawing of a curling decorative cartouche with scrolls and leaves, with faint frame sketches behind it.

Design for a Cartouche (recto); Designs for Frames (verso)

1610-64

Ink and wash drawing of a skeletal death figure striding forward with billowing drapery and a raised arm above.

Death Carrying a Child

1610-64

Etching of two goats perched among curling vines, leaves and berries, forming a vertical grotesque ornament border.

Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

1610

Pen and brown ink study sheet showing a startled running man, with smaller sketches of a lion and loose forms below.

Studienblatt mit einem erschreckten Mann

Pen and wash drawing of a female dancer in a feathered headdress and flowing theatre costume with arms outstretched.

Female Dancer in a Costume for a Theatre Performance

c. 1658

Pen and blue wash drawing of an ornate ewer with dragon handles, flared spout and footed base on paper.

Design for a Glass (?) Ewer

ca. 1640-60

Pencil sketch of a man in a large turban with a sharply drawn face, inside a double brown ink border.

Head, from the Kinnaird Sketchbook

17th century

Pen and ink ornament drawing of two horses' heads above an empty cartouche, with armor, shield and drapery below.

Ornament with Armor and Horses' Heads

17th century

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

1650

Etched vertical ornament panel with a stag head, boar head, crossed arrows and oak branches by Stefano della Bella.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

1610

Etched ornamental plate with two ram heads, acanthus scrolls, ribbons and hanging fruit garlands, symmetrical grotesque desig

Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

1610