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Six Heads

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
about 1646

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 3.9 x 14.2 cm (1 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 3.8 x 14.2 cm (1 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14365.44
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0416, ii/ii (see note)
DescriptionThis impression is of the second state, after the plate was cut in two between the second and third heads from the left, and has only the six heads on the right side of the plate. Also, it has the number "40" in the lower right corner. See notes in De Vesme/Massar, pp. 97-98.
Marks Verso, left center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897