Sketch of a Woman Carrying a Bundle and Female Figures / Stefano della Bella
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.492
- Title
- Sketch of a Woman Carrying a Bundle and Female Figures
- Artist
- Stefano della Bella
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1664
- Medium and Support
- pencil, brown ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1630-1664
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 33.02 cm x 26.67 cm (13 in. x 10 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Physical Description
- This ink sketch on paper contains a woman in the upper center hunched over with a bundle on her back. The lower half contains two rough sketches of female figures with a sketch of an obscured female profile in between.
- This sheet has drawings of four female figures. The upper half of the sheet shows a woman standing full-length in profile, facing right. She leans forward and carries a large bundle on her back. Three other women are sketched in the bottom half of the sheet. On the left is a half-length figure of a woman seen from the back wearing a dress. To the right is the head of a woman in profile wearing a headscarf. On the right is a woman, drawn to her hemline, standing in three-quarters profile facing right, wearing a heavy robe. The reverse has sketch of a young male turning to face slightly backward with left arm upraised.
- Subject Matter
- Stefano della Bella was one of the most talented and prolific draftsmen and printmakers of the seventeenth century. This sheet with several small, rapidly executed sketches testifies to his practice of working directly from observation.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1920 x 2920
- File Size
- 767 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.492
- Link to this Item
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"Sketch of a Woman Carrying a Bundle and Female Figures; Stefano della Bella." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.492/2009_1_492.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
