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| Production People Stefano della Bella (Print made by)  Bella, Stefano della b Florence, 17 May 1610; d Florence, July 1664 Title / Description The Statute of Ferdinand I, from the series of Vues du port de Livourne Date 1655 Technique etching Material paper Dimensions 256 x 371 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark) Inscriptions Dedication lower left: 'AL SER / PRINCIPE / DI / TOSCANA' and signed lower left: 'Ste. D. Bella. D.D.' and dated: '1655' and inscribed lower right: "Cum Priuil Reg. Chri' State first state of two Provenance Nikolaus Esterházy (Lugt 1966) References De Vesme and Massar 1971, no. 844 (first state of two) Alexandre de Vesme, revised by Phyllis Dearborn Massar, Stefano della Bella, New York, 1971 Caen 1998, no. 43-1 Stefano della Bella 1610-1664, ed. Joubert, Caroline, exhibition catalogue, Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts 1998 Karlsruhe 2005, no. 57a Stefano della Bella: Ein Meister der Barockradierung, ed. Schäfer, Dorit and Vollmer, Angela, exhibition catalogue, Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle 2005 Comment The series was executed in Florence between 1654 and 1655. The insertion of the Privilege of the French king Louis XIV on three plates, inv. nos 19996, 19998, and 20000, indicates that Della Bella intended to publish the series in France as well. This print represents the monument of the Quattro Mori. The statue of Ferdinand I de' Medici was made by Giovanni Bandini between 1595 and 1599, while the figures of the slaves were added by Pietro Tacca between 1617 and 1626. A sketch is preserved in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence, inv. no. 5888 S. Inventory Number 19996 Classification Prints: Italian: 17th century: Mounted I |
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