Six leaves from an album: A design recording a cavalry display for La Gara delle Stagioni; Design for a masque costume; A putto drawing arrows from a targe (recto); A cavalier going down a slope (verso); Studies of eagles' wings; Portrait of a boy with long hair, apparently Cosimo III de' Medici; and Studies of beggars

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Stefano della Bella (Florence 1610-1664)
Six leaves from an album: A design recording a cavalry display for La Gara delle Stagioni; Design for a masque costume; A putto drawing arrows from a targe (recto); A cavalier going down a slope (verso); Studies of eagles' wings; Portrait of a boy with long hair, apparently Cosimo III de' Medici; and Studies of beggars
with inscriptions '3' and 'Stefanino della Bella' (1)
black lead (1,2,5, and 6), pen and brown ink (3 and 4)
all circa 7 7/8 x 11 in. (195 x 280 mm.) (6)

Engraved

(1) Etched for the sixth plate of La Gara delle Stagioni, Modena, 1652 (De V. 56).

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Lot Essay

The first drawing is a study for the sixth plate from a set of fourteen illustrating a carousel that was held at Modena on 10 April 1652. The third drawing relates to the set of six etchings depicting eagles (De V. 720-725). The fifth drawing, a portrait of Cosimo III de' Medici, can be compared to two equestrian portraits in the Louvre (F. Viatte, Dessins de Stefano della Bella, Paris, 1974, nos. 407-408).

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