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Studies of an Eyelid and a Man With a Shield

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

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 6.9 x 11.7 cm (2 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)(trimmed within platemark at right)
Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1981.195
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0408, only state
DescriptionPrinted on one sheet with an impression of De Vesme/Massar 434 (1981.214); this impression is trimmed within the platemark at the right
Marks Verso, upper right-center of sheet, 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