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Stefano Della Bella (Florence, 1610-1664)
Lot 1063 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOTS 1063-1065)

Stefano Della Bella (Florence, 1610-1664)

An eagle and a grotesque head; A snarling leopard

Closed3 October 2007

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Stefano Della Bella (Florence, 1610-1664)
An eagle and a grotesque head; A snarling leopard
pen and brown ink on paper
3 1/8 x 4¼ in. (7.9 x 10.7 mm.); 3¼ x 2¼ in. (8.2 x 5.7 mm.) (2)

Professor Maurice Cope, Delaware.

Specialist note

These studies are associated with Della Bella's series of etchings, Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (see A. De Vesme, Stefano Della Bella, New York, 1971, vol. I, nos. 979-986) and Ornamenti di Fregi e Fogliami (A. De Vesme op. cit., nos. 987-1002).