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An Old Polish Man
Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
about 1646
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4.4 x 5.6 cm (1 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)(trimmed on or within platemark)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1981.181
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme/Massar 0391, probably ii/ii
DescriptionDe Vesme/Massar describes two states of this print, in the second of which the plate has been reduced a few millimeters at the bottom. As this impression has been trimmed within the bottom platemark, it is impossible to be certain of the state, but it seems likely that it is a second-state impression.
Marks
Verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282a)
ProvenanceJohn Evelyn (1620-1706)(no mark)(representation of Jan Johnson); Jan Johnson Old Master and Modern Prints, Inc., Montreal; from whom purchased June 10, 1981