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Studies of Feet

Stefano Della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664)
about 1649

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 14 x 15.9 cm (5 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 12.5 x 15.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14360.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Massar 0369, ii/ii
DescriptionThis impression lacks the number "6" in the lower right corner. There is no evidence of abrasion of the paper, so the number appears to have been removed in the plate. Is is possible, however, that it was indeed removed from the sheet.
Marks Verso, lower right, 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