Stefano della Bella
Five plates from the series “Recueil de quarante griffonnements et prevues d’eau-fort” (Collection of forty scribblings and etchings) and “I principi del disegno” (The principles of drawing)
1645-1655
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Stefano della Bella
Five plates from the series “Recueil de quarante griffonnements et prevues d’eau-fort” (Collection of forty scribblings and etchings) and “I principi del disegno” (The principles of drawing)
1645-1655
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 317 × 250 mm. (12 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Plate: 73 × 82 mm. (2 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Plate: 66 × 72 mm. (2 5/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
Plate: 35 × 139 mm. (1 3/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Plate: 25 × 127 mm. (1 × 5 in.)
Plate: 47 × 115 mm. (1 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "Recueil de quarante griffonnements et prevues d'eau-fort" (Collection of forty scribblings and etchings) and "I principi del disegno" (Thre principles of drawing)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.210
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
H. R. Young, 1818, London
Signed: 5
Inscribed: Recto: first plate, in image, upper right, in plate "Recueil de quarante/ griffonnements et/ prevues d'eau-fort/ par Della Bella/ Avec Privil du Roy"; in image, lower left, in plate "SDB fec." Fourth plate, in image, lower center "SDB f." Fith plate, in image, lower left "SDB f." Verso: upper left, in graphite "H/H"; in the center, in graphite "32"; lower right, in graphite "32"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
