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A Groom Feeding a Handful of Hay to a Horse
Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
about 1662
Medium/Technique
Etching and burnished etched tone (lavis)
Dimensions
Sheet: 8.7 x 12.1 cm (3 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 8.2 x 11.5 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 8.2 x 11.5 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number58.776
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme/Massar 0283, only state
DescriptionA fine early impression with the effect of wash achieved by bitten tone (lavis)
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London; from whom purchased September 18, 1958