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Nymph Leading a Large Dog by the Collar

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

Medium/Technique Etching and burnished etched tone (lavis)
Dimensions Sheet: 18.7 x 14.4 cm (7 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number61.696
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0208, i/ii
DescriptionTrimmed within platemark; effect of wash achieved with bitten tone (lavis)
Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceSeptember 20, 1961, purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, by the MFA.