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Two poor men standing leaning on staffs talking to a cripple seated on the ground, with a woman behind to right and a church in background. c.1642 Etching --- De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella (116)
A soldier on horseback facing right and another soldier on foot behind to left, with soldiers and carts in the distance. c.1642 Etching --- De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella (108.II)
A pair of original etching made by: Stefano della Bella
Published by: Israël Henriet
Production date: 1640-1645
With publisher's address: "Israel ex."
Bibliographic references
De Vesme/Massar 1971 / Stefano della Bella (116 and 108)
Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Etcher, born Florence; patronised by the Medici, and spent much time in Rome from 1633-9. To Paris in train of the Florentine ambassador to France in 1639, where remained working for French publishers until the anti-Italian disturbances of the Fronde in 1650 took him back to Florence.
Very good impression on laid paper trimmed on/inside the borderline. 61068257
