Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)

Head of a young Man, wearing a plumed hat

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Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
Head of a young Man, wearing a plumed hat
black chalk, grey wash
80 x 67mm.

Lot Essay

This drawing is close in format and type to the series of prints Plusieurs têtes coiffées à la persienne, A. De Vesme, Stefano della Bella, New York, 1971, nos. 181-192, illustrated. A drawing similar in handling to the present one, related by Phyllis Dearborn Massar to that series, is at Windsor, A. Blunt, The Drawings of G.B. Castiglione & Stefano della Bella in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, London, 1954, no. 24, pl. 113.

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