Lot Essay
These studies are associated with Della Bella's series of etchings, Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (see A. De Vesme, Stefano Della Bella, New York, 1971, vol. I, nos. 979-986) and Ornamenti di Fregi e Fogliami (A. De Vesme op. cit., nos. 987-1002).