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Stefano Della Bella

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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 sheet of scattered figure studies, including a haloed rider on a donkey amid a crowd and a banquet table scene.

Scenes from the Life of Christ and Other Figure Studies

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 drawing of two riders on a rearing horse, a sword-carrying soldier walking left, and sketched trees in the background.

Two Figures on Horseback, a Soldier Walking Behind

17th century

Figures in Battle and Head of a Horse (recto); Studies of a Man's Head and Arms (verso)

1610-64

Pen and ink sheet with a grinning satyr head, loose figure studies, and a handwritten Italian note in the margin.

Head of a Satyr and Other Figure Studies

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

Back of a paper sheet with faint ink traces, a library stamp and handwritten catalogue numbers at the bottom.

[Pejzaż z kobietą zmierzającą do Florencji]

1655

Etching of a procession of riders, camels and trumpeters approaching a distant city, with an inscribed dedication cartouche a

[Entrata in Roma dell'Eccelmo Ambasciatore di Pollonia L Anno MDCXXXIII 1

1633

Etching of a skeleton rider on a galloping horse holding a banner and trumpet, with skeletal figures and a battlefield below.

The Five Deaths

c. 1645-62

Etching of five ornate decorative vases with flower arrangements and mask motifs, with an inscription on the central vase.

Plate One from Collection of Various Vases

before 1648

Etching of a skeleton on horseback raising a flag, with skeletons and an army in the background.

Death on Horseback

1620

Etching of a plumed trumpeter blowing a horn on horseback, with horsemen small in the distance across a flat landscape.

Trumpeter on horseback facing right, a group of horsemen in the background, from 'Various cavalry exercises' (Diverse…

1642

Etching of a plumed rider on a rearing horse gesturing with a baton, with small horsemen in the distance.

A commander on horseback, giving orders and motioning to the right, other horsemen in the background, two of which ar…

1642

Etched print of a 1637 equestrian festival in an arena with a triumphal arch, horsemen, and border diagrams of rider formatio

Carousel for Ferdinand II, Duke of Tuscany

1637

Etching of a woman riding a donkey with a sleeping infant while a man leads them past rocks and large trees.

Flight into Egypt

1662

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

Etched frontispiece with two winged cherubs riding sea creatures flanking a cartouche titled Divers Embarquements, over waves

Frontispiece to Various Embarkments

c. 1640-1650

Etching of a ship under construction on a shore with scaffolding and workers, two seated figures in the foreground.

[Budowa żaglowca]

1664

Etched frontispiece with draped curtains, a central coat of arms, French title text and tiny soldiers in the landscape.

Frontispiece to Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

1644

Pen and brown ink sketch of five male heads and shoulders overlapping, one young figure in front, others bearded behind.

Group of Five Male Figures in Half-length

1640-50

Procession of Six Horsemen in Profile View Facing Left

1610-64

Pen sketch of a loaded wagon with spoked wheels and horses, a small standing figure at lower left, on pale paper.

A Loaded Wagon and Several Human Figures

1610-64

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate griffin-shaped sleigh with scrolled body, pulled by a sketched horse.

Design for A Sleigh in the Form of a Griffin, Drawn by a Horse

1630-64

Pen drawing of five grotesque heads and bearded masks entwined with curling foliage and ornamental scrolls.

Plate 4: five grotesque heads, from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

ca. 1642-43

Pen drawing of an ornamental vignette with a grotesque mask, two birds, scrolls and a banner reading Alph: Grecum.

Design for a Vignette Accompanying a Publication on the Greek Alphabet

1630-64

Etched ornamental panel with a female head, crescent moon, two hounds, a stag head, arrows and ribbon scrolls.

Ornament met jachttrofeëen en het hoofd van Diana

1620

Etched vertical ornament with a winged skeleton, an owl among spiral scrolls, drapery and a hanging bell.

Ornament met de Dood en een uil

1620

Etched title page with an oval cartouche of text, two panthers and a helmet at top, and garlands of fruit below.

Titelprent met cartouche met tekst, panters, een helm en guirlandes

1647

Etched cartouche with blank oval centre, two fish at top, a triton and mermaid at the sides, and waves below.

Cartouche met twee vissen, een triton en een sirene

1647

Etching of an empty oval cartouche framed by five ducks among reeds and grasses, with rocks and water below.

Cartouche met vijf eenden tussen het riet

1647

Etching of an oval cartouche with two centaurs holding up a panther skin, by Stefano della Bella, 1647.

Cartouche met twee centauren die een pantervel ophouden

1647