A woman reading, half length, in profile to the left, and a mother and child (recto); A boy seen from behind, bust length, resting his head on his hand (verso)

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Stefano della Bella (Florence 1610-1664)
A woman reading, half length, in profile to the left, and a mother and child (recto); A boy seen from behind, bust length, resting his head on his hand (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink
3 5/8 x 4½ in. (92 x 114 mm.)

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Lot Essay

The figure on the left of the recto is related to the set of prints of The Rest into the flight into Egypt (De V. 10-17), dated by Phyllis Dearborn Massar to 1641. The closest in the series is the circular print De V. 15 for which a drawing is at the Louvre (F. Viatte, Dessins de Stefano della Bella, Paris, 1974, no. 119).

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