Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)

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Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)

A Muse with a Laurel Wreath, resting her head on her hand

with inscriptions 'Stefanino' and 'N 311' both twice on the mount; pen and brown ink
131 x 109mm.

Provenance

Nicos and Dimitra Dhikéos, their mark, not in Lugt.

Lot Essay

A related study, with a muse leaning on a plinth, presumably intended for an etched titlepage, is at Windsor Castle, A. Blunt, G.B. Castiglione & Stefano della Bella in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 1954, no. 14, pl. 4.

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