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A Galley Leaving the Port of Livorno

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
1654–55

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 13.5 x 24.2 cm (5 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)(trimmed well within platemark at top and sides - the plate is c. 25 x 36 cm)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14410.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0846, ii/ii
DescriptionTrimmed well within platemark at top and sides
Marks Verso, center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Naudet [first name unknown](active Paris c. 1769-1810)(Lugt 1938); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceNaudet [first name unknown](active Paris c. 1769-1810)(Lugt 1938); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(cf. Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897