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Stefano Della Bella

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Etching of a large bull in the foreground with cattle and a herdsman in the background on rough ground.

Cow, plate 8 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

ca. 1641

Ox, plate 7 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

ca. 1641

Leopard, plate 9 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

ca. 1641

Elephant, plate 10 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

ca. 1641

Etching of a tall spotted hound standing beside a building, with a resting dog and a puppy standing on it at right.

Dogs, plate 11 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

ca. 1641

Etching of sheep and a ram grazing in a pasture, with a small seated figure at the left and hills in the distance.

Sheep and ram in a pasture, plate 12 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

ca. 1641

Etching of satyrs playing pipes on rocks with a crowd and dancing women below, frontispiece for Scarron's works, 1649.

Frontispiece for Les Oeuvres de Scarron

1649

Etching of a galley with sails beside a stone quay, cannons in the foreground, and figures disembarking from rowboats in a ha

A galley covered in sails to left, six cannons and four people to left in foreground, one man seated at far left smok…

1655

Etching of Livorno harbor with a statue on a pedestal, large ships at both sides, and busy quayside figures and rowboats.

Port of Livorno with Statue of Ferdinand I, from 'Views of the port of Livorno' (Vues du port de Livourne)

1655

Etching of a galley departing a crowded harbor quay, with rowing boats in front and ships firing cannons in the distance.

Departure of a galley at the Port of Livorno, from from 'Views of the port of Livorno' (Vues du port de Livourne)

1654-55

Etching of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats, loading figures, and a fortified wall beside a stone quay.

View of the fortifications, two men lifting a plank at right, several ships and boats the background and a galley at…

1655

Etching of the colossal Appennino statue seated on rock beside a balustraded garden terrace, with visitors and tall pines.

Villa of Pratolino: The Appenino

ca. 1653

Pen and ink sketch of masted ships and an ornate canopied galley beside a shore with small figures.

A Tuscan Galley and Other Vessels Near the Shore

1634/37

Etched cartouche with oval title panel, garlands, scrolls and two lions at top, with French printed inscription.

Cartouche with Title: Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches

1647

Etching of two centaurs holding up a tiger skin within an oval cartouche, with dense hatched background lines.

Cartouche Formed by a Tiger Skin Flanked by Two Centaurs

1647

Etching of an empty heart-shaped cartouche framed by foliage and two nude male figures climbing around its edges.

Cartouche Framed by Apollo and Pan

1647

Etching of an empty oval cartouche framed by ducks, reeds and rocks, with an inscription at lower left.

Cartouche Framed by Ducks and Weeds

1647

Etched decorative frieze with acanthus scrolls, a lion head, an eagle, putti, and a centaur and satyr below.

Rinceaux with Eagle and Lion, plate 15 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

ca. 1648

Etched ornamental frieze of scrolling foliage, a child with two dogs, and sea horses along the top border.

Rinceaux with Child Frightened by Dogs, plate 8 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

ca. 1648

Etching of two tritons with curling fish tails embracing dolphin-like sea creatures above choppy waves and rocks.

Frieze with Tritons and Dolphins, plate 13 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

ca. 1648

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a cupid wrestling two lions above, and medallions with heads below.

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

ca. 1648

Etched frieze of scrolling foliage with two putti holding a crown above the letter L, flanked by seated hybrid figures.

Rinceaux with Two Children Holding a Royal Crown Over the Letter "L," plate 3 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (…

ca. 1648

Etched frontispiece with a circular inscription cartouche, two eagles amid scrolling foliage, and dragon heads at the base.

Frontispiece: Ornamenti o Grottesche

ca. 1653

Etching of two facing camel heads merging into scrolling acanthus ornament, with fruit garlands below.

Two Facing Camel Heads with Bodies Terminating in Ornament

ca. 1653

Etching of two winged children blowing bubbles, their bodies flowing into ornamental scrolls, foliage and hanging tassels.

Two Winged Children with Bodies Turning into Ornament Blowing Bubbles

ca. 1653

Etched grotesque ornament print with two horse heads, a lion mask, a shield and scrollwork, by Stefano della Bella.

Two Horse Heads Framing a Shield

ca. 1653

Etching of a stag head and boar head framed by oak branches, with crossed spears and arrows down a central column.

Heads of a Stag and Two Boars in Rinceaux of Oak Branches

ca. 1653

Etching of a young woman in flowing drapery lifting a hare, with ornamental acanthus scrolls framing the composition above.

A Girl Holding a Hare

ca. 1653

Etching of a hunting trophy with two stag heads at the base, boar heads on the sides, a spear, ribbons, and a horn.

Hunting Trophy with Stag Heads Below

ca. 1653

Etching of a hunting trophy with two stag heads at the bottom, animal pelts on each side, and a central ribboned staff.

Hunting Trophy with Stag Heads at Bottom

ca. 1653

Etching of a winged skeleton beating a drum within an ornamental scrolled cartouche with drapery and a tassel.

Death Beating a Drum

ca. 1653

Etched cartouche with a goat's head and two putti holding garlands, numbered 17, with ornamental scrolls below.

Cartouche Framed by Children and a Goat

1646

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a blank shield, a lion's head on top, a seated lion at left and a child at right.

Cartouche Containing an Empty Shield Surmounted by a Lion and Framed by a Lion and a Child

1646

Etched frontispiece showing the Holy House of Loreto with the Virgin and Child on its roof, angels in clouds, and allegorical

Frontispiece for Le Véritable Plan et Pourtrait de la Maison de la Ste. Vierge

1649

Engraving of a cartouche with putti, laurel garlands and a diagram of planetary orbits ringed by stars, with the motto Mens A

The Copernican System

ca. 1639

Etched frontispiece with a kneeling man holding a flowering tree, figures in clouds above, and a coat of arms on a pedestal.

Frontispiece for Il Mercurio, III: Hercules Planting His Club

1652

Etched frontispiece with three robed men before a harbor, under a cartouche titled Dialogo di Galileo Galilei.

Frontispiece for Dialogo di Galileo Galilei

1632

Etching of Castel Sant'Angelo beside a river, with a bridge, flag, smoke clouds, boats and figures in the foreground.

Castel Sant' Angelo

ca. 1634

Etching of workers loading cargo onto an ornate galley at a harbor, with onlookers, a stone statue and distant boats.

Loading a galley, from "Views of the port of Livorno" (Vues du port de Livourne)

1654-55

Etching of broken Corinthian columns and an entablature with figures and laundry in the foreground and a Roman cityscape beyo

The Temple of Vespasian and the Roman Forum, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (…

1656

Etching of the Arch of Constantine and Colosseum ruins with grazing sheep and a shepherd in the foreground.

Arch of Constantine and Colosseum with sheep grazing in foreground, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of t…

1656

Etching of a winged female figure flying left, blowing a trumpet and holding another, with a flowing banner and draped robe.

Fame

1649-50

Etching of a circular landscape with a reclining horse, cow, goats, two shepherds, a waterfall and a mountain.

A horse lying down at center, a cow and two goats at right, two seated shepherds to left, a waterfall and a mountain…

ca. 1646

Etching of a grazing horse, a mare with a foal, a shepherd pointing, and a pyramid with ruins in a circular frame.

The pyramid of Caius Cestius at right in the background, a horse grazing at center, a foal suckling a mare at left, t…

ca. 1646

Etching of a sleeping shepherd and horses before Roman ruins, within a circular vignette, by Stefano della Bella.

A shepherd sleeping on the ground at right, three horses at left, other horses and various figures to right, the Bath…

ca. 1646

Circular etching of a ruined stone structure, grazing horned cattle in the foreground, a distant hill and a rider under a clo

Ruins of a temple in a Roman landscape, plate 13 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

ca. 1646

Etching of a circular Roman landscape with a reclining buffalo, shepherds, horsemen, grazing animals and a ruined arch.

Campo Vaccino, a buffalo and two shepherds in center, the Fontanone to right in the middle ground, various animals an…

ca. 1646

Etching of two horsemen in wind-blown cloaks riding past windswept trees in a circular landscape with hills.

A gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, with the wind blowing from the left side, plate 3 from "R…

ca. 1646

Circular etching of Roman ruins, a carved monument and trees at left, with cattle, sheep and two shepherds at right.

A Corinthian capital on the ground at left, a monument with figures in low relief at left in the middleground, variou…

ca. 1646

Circular etching of a woman on a horse with a camel, goats, sheep and a shepherd in a rural landscape.

A woman carrying a child on a horse at left, a camel following her, a herd of goats, sheep, and a shepherd in front o…

ca. 1646

Circular etching of cows crossing a rocky valley beside trees, with a horseman and distant cattle in the background.

Cows crossing a valley at left, a horseman and other cows in the background, plate 6 from "Roman landscapes and ruins…

ca. 1646

Etching of a circular landscape with a triple waterfall, a dead tree at right, ruins, and a hill with cows in the distance.

A triple waterfall, a dead tree at right, a mountain and a herd of cows in the background at right, plate 7 from "Rom…

ca. 1646

Etching of the Colosseum in a circle with herds of cattle and sheep driven across the foreground by a shepherd.

The Colosseum, two herds being directed towards the amphitheater in the foreground, plate 8 from "Roman landscapes an…

ca. 1646

Etching of Roman ruins with the Arch of Constantine at left, Colosseum arches at right, and horses and figures in a field.

The Arch of Constantine at left, part of the Colosseum at right, various horses and figures in foreground and backgro…

ca. 1646

Circular etching of a leaning tree, stone pedestal, and ruined arch in a landscape, with an inscription and coat of arms.

Fragments from ancient monuments, plate 1 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

ca. 1646

Etched frontispiece with two putti riding dolphins flanking a title cartouche above sea waves, with a distant sailing ship.

Frontispiece: cartouche at center, putti on either side riding on dolphins, from 'Various Embarkations' (Divers embar…

ca. 1646-47

Etching of soldiers and workers at a harbor fortress, with a horseback rider, cannons, a rowboat, and sailing ships on the wa

Plate 1: soldiers waiting to board a ship, from 'Various Embarkations' (Divers embarquements)

ca. 1646-47

Etching of three ships battered by waves under a dark, stormy sky, one listing sharply with broken masts.

Plate 6: three ships in a storm, from 'Various Embarkations' (Divers embarquements)

ca. 1646-47

Etching of workers loading cargo from a dock into a rowboat, with sailing ships and a galley on the water.

Plate 7: merchandise loaded onto a boat, two galleys in the background to right, from 'Various Embarkations' (Divers…

ca. 1646-47

Etching of a forest clearing with a procession of figures below and classical gods gathered on a cloud above.

The Wedding of the Gods: Second Scene, Diana

1637

Etched stage design of a heavenly scene with draped curtains, clouds, and dancing figures in circles.

Sixth scene, the heavens, from "The marriage of the gods" (Le nozze degli Dei)

1637

Etching of two skeletons among foliage flanking a draped cloth and a heart-shaped cartouche within an oval frame.

Cartouche with Skeletons

1647

Etched heraldic coat of arms with a crown, shield divided into sections showing a tree, an eagle, and round balls, framed by

Arms of the Medici with Della Rovere

1637

Etched cartouche with an oval panel, crowned by a helmet and two leopards amid scrolling foliage and a fruit garland.

Cartouche Crowned by Helmet and Leopards

1647