Paysages maritimes (Seascapes with Ships)

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Paysages maritimes (Seascapes with Ships)

Artist Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664)

Date1644

DimensionsG Sheet : 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (87 x 137 mm);
Plate: 3 x 4 7/8 in. (76 x 123 mm)

MediumEtchings on French laid paper

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineElgin C. Brooks Memorial Fund

Object number

2000.58G

Not on View

DescriptionTitle plate and six sequential prints in black on thin French laid paper. Described in della Bella's catalogue as: no. 787, Title: Paisages Maritimes; no. 788, Un port de mer; no. 789, Un vaisseau faisant voile; no. 790, A gauche, une galère dirigée vers le fond; no. 791, Une galère dans le port, couverte de sa grande banne; no. 792, Deux vaisseaux qui mettent à la voile; no. 793, Au milieu, un vaisseau qui vogue a toutes voiles. The title plate includes an empty coat of arms with dolphins on either side. Each plate depicts ships in various positions, docking or sailing.

Published Referencescf. Phyllis Dearborn Massar Presenting Stefano della Bella: Seventeenth-century Printmaker (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19 ), p.114. cf. Alexandre Baudi di Vesme Le Peintre-Graveur Italien (Torino, Bottega d'Erasmo, 1971), no. 787-793. cf. Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella: Catalogue Raisonné with introduction and additions (New York, Collectors Editions, 1971), v.1, p.121-122, v.2, no.787-793. Schulman/Bullard Fall 2000/ Catalogue 4, no.13.