Friezes of garlands enclosing a lioness, a bear and a goat; a stag, a doe and a hare (recto); A man on a horse and a view of the Campidoglio, Rome, with a study of the river god Nile (verso)

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Stefano della Bella (Florence 1610-1664)
Friezes of garlands enclosing a lioness, a bear and a goat; a stag, a doe and a hare (recto); A man on a horse and a view of the Campidoglio, Rome, with a study of the river god Nile (verso)
inscribed 'Cammeo', 'Cameo', 'Allno:do' (crossed out), 'Alsegol' and 'Al b'
pen and brown ink, watermark fleur-de-lys
7¾ x 10½ in. (197 x 267 mm.)

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Related to the two series of friezes (De V. 979-986, Frises, feuillages et grotesques and De V. 987-1002, Ornamenti di Fregi e fogliami) published in France respectively around 1640 by Collignon and 1648 by Langlois. Other related drawings are at the Louvre (F. Viatte, Dessins de Stefano della Bella, Paris, 1974, nos. 162-7).

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