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Sketches of Four Heads

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

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 2.6 x 12.1 cm (1 x 4 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)(height)(trimmed within platemark on left and right)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14365.35
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0409, only state
DescriptionDe Vesme/Massar describes only one state of this print; however, this impression is a later state with the number "34" engraved lower right.
Marks Verso, left, 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