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| Production People Stefano della Bella (Print made by)  Bella, Stefano della b Florence, 17 May 1610; d Florence, July 1664 Ciartres (Published by) il Ciartres [François Langlois] b 1588; d 1647 Title / Description Frontispiece to the series of Paysages et ruines de Rome Date c. 1646 Technique etching Material paper Dimensions 129 x 131 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark) Inscriptions Signed lower left: 'Stef. Della Bella inuent fecit' and inscribed with publisher's address lower right: 'F. L. D. Ciartres ex. cum Priuil. Regis Christ.' State first state of six Provenance Nikolaus Esterházy (Lugt 1966) References De Vesme and Massar 1971, no. 819 (first state of six) Alexandre de Vesme, revised by Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella, New York, 1971 Caen 1998, no. 17-1 Stefano della Bella 1610-1664, ed. Joubert, Caroline, exhibition catalogue, Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts 1998 Comment This series contains some topographically accurate views based on drawings made on the spot, during the artist's stay in Rome between 1633 and 1636. The drawings used to be included in two sketchbooks, preserved now in the Uffizi. Inventory Number 19965 Classification Prints: Italian: 17th century: Mounted I |
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