Studies of an Eyelid and a Man With a Shield
about 1646
Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme/Massar 0408, only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 6.9 x 11.7 cm (2 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)(trimmed within platemark at right)
Accession Number
1981.195
Medium or Technique
Etching
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Printed on one sheet with an impression of De Vesme/Massar 434 (1981.214); this impression is trimmed within the platemark at the right
Markings
Verso, upper right-center of sheet, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282a)
Provenance
John Evelyn (1620-1706)(no mark)(representation of Jan Johnson); Jan Johnson Old Master and Modern Prints, Inc., Montreal; from whom purchased June 10, 1981
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard