Details
Stefano della Bella
Quatre grands Paysages en Hauteur (De V., M. 781-4)
etchings, circa 1655, the set of four, De V. 783 second state (of four), the inscription cum priv still visible, De V. 783 and 784 with watermark Three Flowers, fine to good impressions, three plates with margins, De V. 782 trimmed on or just inside the platemark, De V. 781 with a thin patch in the left sheet corner, De V. 782 with an inscription in pen and black ink in the lower margin, just extending into the subject, laid, De V. 784 with a soft diagonal crease at the upper right, some discolouration at the upper left corner, otherwise generally in good condition, averaging P. 250 x 186mm.; and Suite de douze Paysages, nine plates from the set of twelve (De V. 769, 771-3, 775-9) (13)
Quatre grands Paysages en Hauteur (De V., M. 781-4)
etchings, circa 1655, the set of four, De V. 783 second state (of four), the inscription cum priv still visible, De V. 783 and 784 with watermark Three Flowers, fine to good impressions, three plates with margins, De V. 782 trimmed on or just inside the platemark, De V. 781 with a thin patch in the left sheet corner, De V. 782 with an inscription in pen and black ink in the lower margin, just extending into the subject, laid, De V. 784 with a soft diagonal crease at the upper right, some discolouration at the upper left corner, otherwise generally in good condition, averaging P. 250 x 186mm.; and Suite de douze Paysages, nine plates from the set of twelve (De V. 769, 771-3, 775-9) (13)
Provenance
De V. 781, F. Soleil (?) (L. 2342)