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| Production People Stefano della Bella (Print made by)  Bella, Stefano della b Florence, 17 May 1610; d Florence, July 1664 Nicolas I Langlois (Published by) Langlois, Nicolas I b 1640; d 1703 Title / Description Earth, from the series of Les quatre Eléments Date c. 1648 Technique etching Material paper Dimensions 88 x 191 mm (platemark) Inscriptions Signed lower left: 'Stef. de la Bella inuent fecit' and titled at centre: 'TERRA' and inscribed with publisher's address lower right: 'ex. Cum Priuil. Regis Christ. State first state of three Provenance Nikolaus Esterházy (Lugt 1966) References De Vesme and Massar 1971, no. 753 (first state of three) Alexandre de Vesme, revised by Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella, New York, 1971 Karlsruhe 2005, no. 34a Stefano della Bella: Ein Meister der Barockradierung, ed. Schäfer, Dorit and Vollmer, Angela, exhibition catalogue, Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle 2005 Comment This series served as a source for Rayner Nooms's series of prints representing the Four Elements. Dorit Shäfer dates the series c. 1646-47; see Karlsruhe 2005. There is a preparatory drawing in reverse in the Royal Collection, Windsor, RCIN 904617. Inventory Number 19942 Classification Prints: Italian: 17th century: Mounted I |
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