Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Antique print, etching, Hunting, Della Bella | Deer hunt (Herten jacht), published ca. 1654, 1 p.
Deer hunt; a deer running towards left, chased by a dog, with a large oak tree behind at centre and a stag pursued by a huntsman on horseback and two dogs behind to left.
Fourth from a set of nine prints without plate numbers or frontispiece. There are various related drawings for plates in the series in the Uffizi, Albertina, Pierpont Morgan Library and Windsor.
Lettered in margin below image with production detail: “SDBella” in drypoint. Although not documented, there is a second state of this plate at the Philadelphia museum of Art inv. 1985-52-25194 with an extra signature and the privilege: S. D. Bella F. / Cum Privil. Regis.
[NL] Antieke prent van oude meester Stefano della Bella, gepubliceerd in 1654. Hertenjacht, met hond, hert met gewei en jager te paard.
SKU: PR121178
Etching on laid paper, trimmed close to plate mark; total: 153 x 230 mm; state I/2; in good condition. Traces of previous mountings on verso; de Vesme 735.
€ 217,80 (€ 180,00 ex. btw)