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Stefano Della Bella

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Etched ornamental cartouche with lion heads, scrolls and two seated putti, numbered 2 in a series of twelve.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Second number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1146 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with an empty centre, flanked by a winged female figure and a winged creature on coiled serpents.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Third number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1147 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with scrolls, foliage, a cherub head and drapery, numbered 4 in a series of twelve.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Fourth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1148 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with scrolling foliage, shells and tassels around an empty central panel.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Fifth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1149 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with an empty oval center, scrolls, foliage, and a ram's skull at the top.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Sixth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1150 ; Dutuit 125)

Engraved ornamental cartouche with an empty central panel, surrounded by scrolls and curls, from a series of twelve by Stefan

Collection of twelve cartouches. Seventh number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1151 ; Dutuit 125)

Engraved ornamental cartouche with scrolling acanthus, a grotesque mask and an empty central panel, numbered 8 in a series.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Eighth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1152 ; Dutuit 125)

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a central ram's head, spiral scrolls and foliage framing an empty central panel.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Ninth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1153 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with scrolling waves, grotesque heads, and sea creatures framing a blank central panel.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Tenth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1154 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with an empty central panel framed by scrolling foliage and cloud forms, from Della Bella's serie

Collection of twelve cartouches. Eleventh number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1155 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with empty central panel, surrounded by scrolls and acanthus foliage, on a light paper ground.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Twelfth number of a series of 12 pieces. (A. de Vesme 1156 ; Dutuit 125)

Etched ornamental cartouche with blank center, fruit garlands, scrolls and a grotesque mask at the top.

Collection of twelve cartouches. Cartouche serving as title for a collection of bacchanals. (A. de Vesme CLXXXVIII -…

Etching of a military baggage train with a loaded wagon, mounted soldiers, a dog, and a dead horse on a road.

Various military capriccios. March of an army's baggage

Etching of two soldiers beside a cannon, a standing sentinel by a ruined tower, and a distant town under smoke.

Two soldiers sitting on the platform of a cannon talking with a standing sentinel

Etching of two soldiers beside a cannon on a flat plain, with wagons, riders and smoke in the background.

Various military capriccios. An officer giving orders to a sentinel. Third number of a series of 6 pieces. (A. de Ves…

Etching of a military camp with cannons, a smoking thatched hut, soldiers, and a sentinel on a rampart at right.

A soldier beating the drum and a sentinel standing on a rampart

Etching of a pikeman leaning on a cannon wheel, with soldiers moving artillery across a flat landscape and a windmill.

Several soldiers and a pikeman leaning on the wheel of a cannon

Etching of a row of cannons firing with smoke clouds, soldiers and cannonballs in front, and a city skyline with church spire

Battery of cannons firing on a city

Head of an old man

Etching of four bare feet in various views, with toes and ankles drawn in fine lines on a pale sheet.

Four feet

Large head of a young man

Head of a woman

Two heads: a young man and a young soldier

Head of a bald old man

Etching of a woman's bust seen from behind, with curly hair piled up and a bare shoulder, on cream paper.

Bust of a woman seen from the back

Four heads

Head of a young man in profile

Head of a bald and bearded old man

Etching of a bearded man with curly hair looking upward, shoulders faintly drawn, signed Stefano Della Bella.

Head of Saint Peter repentant

Two heads of children

Three heads of children

Three heads of philosophers conversing together

Head of an old soldier

Etching of an arena with crowded spectators, mounted horsemen in procession, a central fountain and a triumphal arch.

The Opening Assembly of the Equestrian Ballet

1661

Etching of an equestrian ballet in an amphitheater with riders, a globe-bearing figure, spectators, and pyramids.

Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens

1661

Head of an old soldier looking up

Bust of a laughing satyr

Head of a camel

Head of a man in profile

Etched cartouche with blank center, held by two large fish, a merman and a siren, within scrolled decorative border.

Cartouche supported by two enormous fish that a merman and a siren carry in their arms

1647

Etching of a blank oval cartouche surrounded by reeds and five ducks, with rocks at the base, by Stefano Della Bella.

Cartouche formed of seaweed and surrounded by five ducks

1647

Etching of two centaurs stretching and beating an animal skin inside an oval cartouche framed by feathery plumes.

Cartouche formed of a tiger skin that two centaurs hold stretched out and beat with clubs

1647

Etching of an empty cartouche framed by laurel and reeds, with two figures embracing the foliage on either side and scrollwor

Cartouche whose frame offers, on the left, Apollo embracing a laurel and, on the right, Pan embracing reeds

1647

Etching of an empty cartouche with scrollwork, two nymphs on the sides and a duck at the base.

Cartouche supported by a duck and adorned on the sides by two nymphs whose arms transform into branches

1647

Etched ornamental cartouche framed by two satyr children, topped with a cardinal's hat and helmet, by Stefano Della Bella.

Cartouche with a frame adorned with two child satyrs and crowned with a half cardinal's hat and a half helmet

1647

Etching of a blank cartouche flanked by two coiled dragons with wings supporting a crown, with chains hanging below.

Cartouche flanked by two dragons whose wings support a crown that surmounts the whole

1647

Etching of two skeletons bending cypress branches that hold a draped shroud forming a cartouche in an oval frame.

Cartouche formed of a shroud suspended from a cypress whose branches two skeletons bend down

1647

Etching of an empty cartouche with draped curtain, spiral scroll, and two winged creatures perched on top.

Tenth number of a series of 12 pieces

1647

Etching of an empty ornamental cartouche with two eagles and two children holding up a crown above it.

Cartouche with on the right and left two eagles on which two naked children are riding, holding up a crown

1647

Etching of an empty cartouche flanked by two winged putti leaning on it, with scrolls and hanging swags below.

Cartouche flanked by two small satyrs with wings and riding on rams

1647

Etching of porters unloading barrels from a rowboat at a harbor quay, with sailing ships and a man carrying a barrel and chil

Plate serving as title

Etching of a harbor with masted ships, a stone fortification tower, a rowboat and figures on the quay.

View of a corner of Calais

Etching of a crenellated tower and harbor wall with sailboats and a rowboat on choppy water.

Tower of Calais

Etching of a three-masted ship in rough seas under a dark cloudy sky, with smaller boats and a distant shore.

Ordinary ship passing from Dover to Calais

Etching of Amsterdam harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, smoke, and a distant city skyline with church spires.

View of Amsterdam

Etching of Amsterdam harbor with a tall clock tower, sailing boats, ships and figures on the quay.

View of Amsterdam (second)

Etching of Amsterdam harbor with sailing ships, a rowboat, and workers beside a ship under repair.

Another view of Amsterdam

Etching of Italian coast with a stone tower, sailing boats, a beached ship hull and figures on the shore.

View of the coasts of Italy

Etching of a winged woman in billowing drapery flying over a sea horizon while playing a long trumpet.

Renown

Etching of a landscape with rocky cliffs, trees, a horse rider, and foreground figures under a cloudy sky.

Earth

Etching of a three-masted ship in rough seas under stormy rain clouds, with a rocky outcrop on the left.

Water

Etching of windblown trees, riders and horses on a hilly landscape under a cloudy sky, titled Air.

Air

Etching of a naval battle with a burning ship emitting smoke and several sailing warships firing on open water.

Fire

Etching of Death striding forward with an infant held upside down, a smaller skeleton behind, and a town skyline behind them.

Death carrying a child upside down

Etching of an emaciated figure striding through a city square carrying a child on its back, with an obelisk and arcades behin

Death carrying a child on its back

Etching of a skeleton Death carrying a woman upside down over its shoulder, with ruins and a small figure in the background.

Death carries a woman upside down on its right shoulder

Etching of a skeletal death figure dragging a screaming old man beside an hourglass, with a second skeleton below.

Death dragging an old man into a tomb from which another Death emerges

Etching of a cartouche held by sea figures in rolling waves, with birds, a rocky coast and sea creatures around it.

Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami. Titolo

1647

Etched ornamental border with a Medici-style shield under a crown, flanked by lions and a bear among garlands and ribbons.

Coat of arms of the Medici

1647

Engraved ornamental frieze with two putti holding a crown above a large letter L, flanked by scrollwork and sea creatures.

Two children holding a royal crown above a large L

1647

Two friezes on the same plate

1647

Etching of two ornamental friezes with scrolling acanthus, lion head, winged creature, grapevines and a ram skull.

Two other friezes on the same plate

1647

Etched horizontal ornamental band with scrolling foliage, female figures at each end, and a sleeping cupid in a central drape

Venus contemplates Cupid who is sleeping

1647

Etching of a naked child confronted by two barking dogs, framed by scrolling ornament and sea horses above.

A naked child frightened by two dogs barking at him

1647

Etched print with three friezes showing hounds chasing a hare and boar among scrollwork and foliage.

Three friezes on the same plate

1647

Etching of cattle, sheep and herders grazing near a Corinthian temple and ruined arches, with cypress trees behind.

The Temple of Antonin and the Campo Vaccino

1654

Etching of the Arch of Constantine with ruins behind, a shepherd standing and sheep and cattle grazing in the foreground.

The Arch of Constantine

1654

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns and a broken entablature with figures and rooftops in the Roman Forum beyond.

Temple of Concordia and the Roman Forum

1654

Etching of two riders and shepherds with sheep and goats on a path beside a large tree, with hills in the distance.

Two Riders Passing a Flock, plate five from The Six Large Views of Rome and the Campagna

1654

Etching of a large oak tree over a rocky path where a mounted woman holds a child, with pack animals, cattle and hills beyond

Mounted Peasant with a Child in Her Arms, plate six from The Six Large Views of Rome and the Campagna

1654

Etching of a turbaned horseman with bow and quiver on a plumed horse, with a standing attendant and distant riders in a circu

Black Horseman

c. 1651

Etching of a plumed rider in fur cap and cloak on a horse, with attendants and horses in a landscape around him.

Hungarian Horseman

c. 1651

Etching of a feathered-turban horseman seen from behind, with other riders and soldiers in a hatched landscape.

Polish Horseman

c. 1651

Etching of two mounted horsemen in a circular frame, with figures and a distant rider in the background.

Two Polish Horsemen

c. 1651

Etching of a large oak above a stone terrace with fountain and figures, surrounded by tall pine trees.

The Fountain of the Oak

1653/55

Etching of a long garden avenue with fountains and tall pines, with small figures walking toward a distant building.

The Avenue of the Fountains

1653/55

Etching of a villa's south facade with twin staircases, obelisks, trees, small figures and dogs on a lawn.

South Facade of the Villa and the Great Meadow, from Views of the Villa Pratolino

1658

Etching of two paired views of a vaulted grotto with a seated figure beside a fountain basin and receding arches.

The Grotto of Pan and Fame

1653/55

Etching of the colossal Apennine statue in a grotto above a basin, with visitors on a terrace and tall conifers behind.

The Colossal Statue of the Apennines, from Views of Villa di Pratolino

c. 1653

Etching of a soldier leading a horse down a rocky path past a tree, with a woman and another figure nearby.

Various figures and scribbles. Foot soldier descending a mountain path leading his horse by the bridle, preceded by a…

Etching of a bearded saint with halo on clouds, arms outstretched, surrounded by cherubs holding a crozier and a book.

Saint Antonin, archevêque de Florence (A. de Vesme 19, Dutuit 1)

Etching of a young man in a fur-trimmed cap holding an open book, within an oval frame, dated 1650.

Jeune homme coiffé d'un bonnet plat (A. de Vesme 181 ; Manuscrit Dutuit, école italienne, page 26)

1650

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair and a tasselled collar, gesturing with one hand, with German caption below.

Son portrait, en contre partie, avec inscription en allemand (Manuscrit Dutuit, école italienne, page 26)

Etching of a man with curly hair, surrounded by separate studies of eyes, with the inscription Israel excudit.

Son portrait avec des yeux dessinés en dessous (A. de Vesme 293 ; Manuscrit Dutuit, école italienne, page 25)

1649

Etching of the young Christ teaching Mary and Joseph, with God and a dove appearing in clouds above.

Jésus adolescent expliquant les Ecritures à sa mère et à Saint Joseph (A. de Vesme 18, Dutuit 3)

Etching of a crowded banquet hall with guests at long tables, a draped canopy, silver display, and a dog in the foreground.

Le Banquet des Piacevoli (A. de Vesme 43, Dutuit 4)

1627