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Stefano della Bella
Study of the Bones of a Hand and Forearm
Drawing in pen and brown ink over black chalk
Italian
c. 1640-50
Stefano della Bella drawing of the Bones of a Hand and Forearm
390 x 265 mm 15 3/8 x 10 7/16 inches
description
STEFANO DELLA BELLA Florence 1610 - 1664 Florence
A Study of the bones of a hand and forearm.
Drawing in pen and brown ink over black chalk. The attribution of the drawing was first proposed by Catherine Monbeig-Goguel, and seconded in a letter by Sandro Bellesi[1].
While Della Bella’s activity as an etcher, comprising almost every subject from ornament to battle scenes and memento mori subjects, he was also a draftsman of considerable ability and range of subject. Although many of his drawings are small and delicate, our study of bones is larger and unusual in the choice of the hand as subject. Its powerful mise-en page is exceptional.
390 x 265 mm 15 3/8 x 10 7/16 inches
[1] Letter of November 2001 to the previous owner.
A Study of the bones of a hand and forearm.
Drawing in pen and brown ink over black chalk. The attribution of the drawing was first proposed by Catherine Monbeig-Goguel, and seconded in a letter by Sandro Bellesi[1].
While Della Bella’s activity as an etcher, comprising almost every subject from ornament to battle scenes and memento mori subjects, he was also a draftsman of considerable ability and range of subject. Although many of his drawings are small and delicate, our study of bones is larger and unusual in the choice of the hand as subject. Its powerful mise-en page is exceptional.
390 x 265 mm 15 3/8 x 10 7/16 inches
[1] Letter of November 2001 to the previous owner.
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