From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
Stefano della Bella
A seated male nude, seen from behind
Auction Closed
January 27, 09:35 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Stefano della Bella
Florence 1610 - 1664
A seated male nude, seen from behind
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk;
bears old attribution in brown ink, lower left: Esthienne dela belle F.
210 by 262 mm; 8 1/4 by 10 1/4 in
with Mia Weiner, New York,
where acquired, circa 2002
Comparable drawings by della Bella, both in terms of style and subject matter, can be found in the Royal Collection, Windsor,1 the Louvre, Paris,2 the Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome3 and the Albertina, Vienna.4
1. A. Blunt, The Drawings of G.B. Castiglione & Stefano della Bella, in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, London 1954, no. 105, pl. 35
2. F. Viatte, Inventaire général des dessins italiens du Louvre, II: Stefano della Bella, Paris 1974, no. 331, reproduced
3. M. Catelli Isola, Disegni di Stefano della Bella, exhib. cat., Villa della Farnesina, Rome, 1976, no. 14, reproduced
4. V. Birke and J. Kertész, Die Italienischen Zeichnungen der Albertina, Vienna 1992, inv. no. 954